This month’s challenge asks participants “to write either the opening or closing lines of a story.” Sonia mentions one of the most famous opening lines (and personally one of my favorite) from Stephen King’s “Gunslinger“:
“The man in Black fled across the Desert, and the Gunslinger followed.”
I do a fair amount of free writing that borders on ranting, so during my daily exercise I decided to focus on possible opening/closing lines. Here is the opener that Zeus-ed me this afternoon:
The first time I clawed my way out of heaven I had to go back because I forgot my watch. The second time someone clocked me, and whispered, “you’re late.”
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