First Lines Meme
I was tagged by @lookthatway. Thank you! Sorry it took me a few days to find the time, but work is making me nuts. I did one of these a long time ago, but it will be interesting to look again. This are basically all 00q except 5 and 10. All of these are on AO3… I’m not including short headcanons and such I only wrote on Tumblr.
Rules: List the first lines of your last 10 published stories. 👀 if there are any patterns yourself, or have other people say what they notice. Tag up to 10 friends!
- James enters the cavernous theater, expecting to find Sophia, the Royal Opera Foundations’ director and his acquaintance these twenty years, or her counterpart for the Ballet Foundation, Charles.
- The first time it happens, he’s been back about two months.
- “That’s lovely! Right there,” Q says, shutter clicking away rapid fire.
- “My story’s somewhat boring, I’m afraid,” 007 says, anteing up.
- LLAP: Hey man, congrats on the new role.
- The sound of the gunshot ricochets off the stone walls of the ancient dining hall until it fades to a thin, airless silence.
- “Q, are you sure this is all on the up and up?”
- “You know, 007, I’m quite jealous at the moment.”
- Q hears the soft click of the door and looks up even as he continues to type.
- “What about the Pack-and-Play?”
In terms of patterns… even though more than half of these start with dialogue (or texting), I honestly thought that percentage would be higher, because I really like starting stories with conversations. You can also see my transition from Pinto to 00q (interrupted by PintodeMayo, of course) It would be interesting to see if I systematically treat the two fandoms differently, but there’s not enough data here for that analysis, I think. Anyone is welcome to add patterns they notice in the comments.
I’ll tag @seepunkrun @zjofierose @a-forger-and-a-point-man @beaubete @boffin1710 @beginte @elisa-pie @loves-pie @jaimistoryteller and @rabidchild67 (trying to get people I don’t *think* have been tagged yet, but if you want to do it and follow me, consider yourself tagged, and mention me when you do it so I can see your answers, please!
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