First Line of NaNo 2015

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Cheering you all on!
Some of you have started already. Share your first line!
 

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I started right away! Here's my first line :)

It should be illegal to be awake this early,
Isaac thought as he rolled --quite literally-- out of bed, landing on the floor in a tangled mess of bedsheets and fifteen year old.
 

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My current first page, after 10 minutes of work:


Yeah, it's blank.
 

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It's been an hour and a half. This year I actually know what to write. And I'm sitting here nearly in tears because I can't get the bloody thing started. I am the worst with opening lines.
 

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The cricket pitch was as dry as dust.
I'd say it could be more exciting, but what is more exciting than pitch conditions?

ETA: Ah, Thalassa, cheer up. Just skip the first line--or para, or scene--and start later. You can always write them later. Or just decide it's better to start later.
 
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That "30" in my day planner is looking pretty fancy right about now.
 

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"My last Nano novel sucked. This time I'm not going to worry about the opening line until AFTER it has a story to open."

"And this time, I mean it." :)
 

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The temple is cool and dark and calm, but the stones beneath my feet thrum with the noise from the stadiums.
 

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Ankle deep in frozen sewage and my boot had a leak.

- Not edited but hey that's part of what makes NaNo fun :)
 

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Off we go! :) My line is:

I will never eat that much pizza again - that’s the first thought that floats to the top of my grease-addled brain as I grope around for the alarm clock.
 

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Emmeris had a perfect world.

Oh look. I finally got off (or, rather, on) my butt and started.
 
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