Alabama was sounding good about right now. Mackey hit his blinker and smiled as he searched for the quickest exit to take him to the Heart of Dixie. Let the past be the past indeed.
Post the Last 3 Sentences Of Your WIP!
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Ohhhhhh, I can't resist this. I've got two. Character names edited out.
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Her medallion was the last cool spot, then that too was gone. [She] stopped struggling. She let her limbs go limp, let it fill her, let it burn in her bones and her veins and her heart like the awful cleansing radiance of the sun.
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She couldn’t help it. It would have been better as a surprise, but that lightness expanded, her heart growing too large to be contained. [She] smiled, so crazily and infectiously his lips quirked in response, and said, “Earth.”
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Her medallion was the last cool spot, then that too was gone. [She] stopped struggling. She let her limbs go limp, let it fill her, let it burn in her bones and her veins and her heart like the awful cleansing radiance of the sun.
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She couldn’t help it. It would have been better as a surprise, but that lightness expanded, her heart growing too large to be contained. [She] smiled, so crazily and infectiously his lips quirked in response, and said, “Earth.”
I've seen this thread tried before.
Oh well, I'll post:
From Advent:
Take it with context that his sword sings, and it's slung over his shoulders.
Oh well, I'll post:
From Advent:
Take it with context that his sword sings, and it's slung over his shoulders.
“Now Vicki my dear….,” Miranda said sweetly somewhat motherly, as she gripped my hand and turned my palm up so to place a set of cold gold keys on a heart shaped ring in it. ‘You may have paid to play, but don’t forget…not for one minute that this is MY club. I am going to give you the keys to the playground, but remember that I am the one that is in control here, so be sure you follow the rules or you will be sorry.” she hissed deepening the warning in her tone.
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Well, since I posted the first three (questionable) sentences of my book, might as well post the last three. 
I'm game...same as tmso - posted my first three, so here are the last three:
"I have always loved the smell of a new book, one that represents drive, a desire to see things done and an understanding the journey about to be embarked upon is full of promise and hope.
With closed eyes I relished the experience.
Then, turning to the first page, I began to read."
"I have always loved the smell of a new book, one that represents drive, a desire to see things done and an understanding the journey about to be embarked upon is full of promise and hope.
With closed eyes I relished the experience.
Then, turning to the first page, I began to read."
Since I already posted the last line in another thread, why not the two immediately preceding it?
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I just wanted to let you know that your picture is awesome. Sorry, but it makes me laugh and I just had to share that. Totally unnecessary to point it out, I know, but I call 'em like I see 'em and that's an awesome pic.
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]This is actually the concluding three, with which I'm happy. But I still have a big chunk of stuff to write to get there (I don't write in pure sequence):
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I'd like to participate, but don't have the full rough draft of my WIP finished, so here are the last three from the first chapter.
I didn’t question anything, because I knew there weren’t going to be any other options for me to take. If it weren’t for him, I may as well be dead.
It was in those seconds I looked into his eyes that I saw Death for the first time – and with little struggle, I became it.
I didn’t question anything, because I knew there weren’t going to be any other options for me to take. If it weren’t for him, I may as well be dead.
It was in those seconds I looked into his eyes that I saw Death for the first time – and with little struggle, I became it.
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I seem to remember there was a thread like this one already and I believe I posted in it, but I'll post my last three in this one, too (and they might change by the time I get around to editing the manuscript, so this is from the first draft):
Well, I haven't finished the rewrite yet, and I don't have a clue what the last sentence of that will be, so here's the last 3 sentences of the first draft (now virtually obsolete, I have to say):
The contrast was too painful to her. Last night she had slept soundly within the protection of Djehuty’s arms, her head resting against the falcon on his chest.
Tonight the falcon had flown, leaving her to the mercy of the lioness.
The contrast was too painful to her. Last night she had slept soundly within the protection of Djehuty’s arms, her head resting against the falcon on his chest.
Tonight the falcon had flown, leaving her to the mercy of the lioness.
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There could be heard a young woman’s laughter in the air over his head. It was almost a cackle, raising then lowering in volume. The voice stretched into a thin whisper, fading with the Doppler.
He hunched his shoulders in surrender and mumbled, “Looks like from here on out life’s going to be pure magic.”
He hunched his shoulders in surrender and mumbled, “Looks like from here on out life’s going to be pure magic.”
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I'm about half way through and this is the last thing I have written down.
Character names taken out..
I felt very uneasy about it but I did not want to show disrespect to our host. Cautiously, I extended [name of blade] out to be held. [He] placed his hand around the handle and as soon as my fingers left the blade, it turned into water and fell to the floor.
Character names taken out..
I felt very uneasy about it but I did not want to show disrespect to our host. Cautiously, I extended [name of blade] out to be held. [He] placed his hand around the handle and as soon as my fingers left the blade, it turned into water and fell to the floor.
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It wasn't long before I realized we'd been taken by horribly unfair kidnappers. Didn't they know that it was practically a rule, when leaving someone tied up in a room, to make sure there were handy things lying around? A dull but serviceable knife, perhaps, or a sharp nail sticking out of a wooden beam.
This kind of shows the difference in how we all write. When I type those last three sentences, it won't be a WIP, it's be a ready to go novel. As a WIP, I'm still several weeks from writing those last three sentences.
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You know, when I read the title of the thread I read it as meaning the very last three sentences of your WIP, so that's what I posted. I jump around a lot in my work and had written the end, since I know how it will end. It just came to me that this thread is to show the last three that you have just written, which would explain why I thought some of the endings on here were a little odd. Or maybe it was meant to be for both? I'm easily confuzzled. 
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