In a fiction class I took, one of our class exercises was to write ten first lines that would grab a reader and make them want to keep reading to find out what happens next. The following were what I came up with. (This strategy is really good for finding a story to write because writing a single sentence with the suggestion of conflict to come is not very intimidating, and it gives you choices. If you have ten crazy first sentences, you can choose the one that seems the most intriguing/doable.)
The time had finally come when Sheila realized she was completely, totally, irrevocably stuck.
When Bob looked out the bedroom window and saw the tank's cannon pointed straight at him, he knew the jig was up.
She woke up to the sound of the dog having a grand mal seizure at the foot of the bed, lots of snapping and shaking.
I was born because my mother was determined to take revenge on my father.
He came home from school committed to starting a hunger strike.
Even with a height of 8' 3", Jamison was the most normal member of his family.
It all started when the cat began to glow.
The beginning of the end for the museum curator was when Miss Bradshaw wore Tomato Passion Red lipstick to work.
My math teacher didn't know it, but today was the day I was going to take over the class.
The snowstorm was both the coldest thing and the luckiest thing that ever happened to Jenny.
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