Opening Lines
Create your own start lines.
Email your lines to info@SoupKitchenWriting.com or post them in comments and win a bonus!
Holly Joyce submitted these start lines for the Holidays and won a free workshop.
Pick two openings and write for 10 minutes each.
The trick is to write the start line a few times. Begin writing and keep the pen moving.
If you come to a stop, repeat the start line.
1. The unimaginable actually happened...
2. Who could know the consequences of...
3. Somewhere along the way, things went terribly wrong...
4. If only I had kept my mouth shut...
5. Making the wrong choice has its...
6. I wish I knew then what I know now...
7. There are times in life when you wish you could...
8. Thinking and acting are quite different matters...
9. Stop me the next time I...
10. The time has come to...
Email your lines to info@SoupKitchenWriting.com or post them in comments and win a bonus!
Holly Joyce submitted these start lines for the Holidays and won a free workshop.
Pick two openings and write for 10 minutes each.
The trick is to write the start line a few times. Begin writing and keep the pen moving.
If you come to a stop, repeat the start line.
1. The unimaginable actually happened...
2. Who could know the consequences of...
3. Somewhere along the way, things went terribly wrong...
4. If only I had kept my mouth shut...
5. Making the wrong choice has its...
6. I wish I knew then what I know now...
7. There are times in life when you wish you could...
8. Thinking and acting are quite different matters...
9. Stop me the next time I...
10. The time has come to...


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