Last Line of the Day - NaNo Style

Whew, back at it after a day of paralysis...

Thursday:

He raised the delicate glass. It looked fragile in his rugged grip. “Zazdarovje,” he said, before throwing down the shot.

Fahim, it's time. Open the door.



Uh, oh. Poor Fahim. It's never a good sign when the voices inside your head start telling you what to do.

(More than one line, but it's better as as set)

JAVIER
"You think he was... is... like them?"

DANTE
"I think we’re idiots for not seeing it sooner."

Silence befalls them.

All the other girls fainted and had to be carried out by burly men, but she was only there for Twist and Shout and spent the rest of the concert trying to chat to the fella next to her (who did, eventually, also faint).

Last line of the day:

He tries to rise but I hold him to me. “Stay,” I say. “Stay and let me feel safe for a while.”

This is a really great category, and I finally have one I want to post! Reading through yours has been a total blast--a million little universes in one line (or a couple)

“Just take a second to absorb it—we’ll talk again.”
He sniffed loudly. “Sure. I’m about to leak snot on your shoulder.”

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Last line of the day (I think):

He's a stranger in this moment, no longer anyone I recognize.

She started by attending sessions at the library, to learn about word processing and calligraphy and how to bake a lemon delicious (she already knew this one, given her father’s profession, but she thought it might be a good place to meet likeminded women).

Last line of the day:

I lay awake, staring at the ceiling, wondering how I managed to f*** things up yet again.

Last line, nonfiction version:


Walter would never look like a horse, and I loved him for it.

Not that there was any chance of that happening.

November 14:

(My MC is a fast-food worker, and a guy in a party of four repeatedly insists he wants "a hamburger and a hamburger and a hamburger and a hamburger" instead of just "four hamburgers".)

“Got it.” I selected four hamburgers on the register.

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Today's last line:

And just like that, all is well in the world again.

"I think it’s time I find out exactly what kind of mess Simon’s gotten us all into."

Last line of the day:

But even when he finds me, I feel lost.

The stations would run that again and again, the adorable toddler blaming his baby sister for the death of three people.

November 15 (I didn't write anything on the 16th):

Regina walked over to them and smiled at Erika. “Don't be upset with him. He's giving you a hard time only because he cares about you and wants to prepare you to lead the queendom someday.”

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Last line of the day:

I'm too old to give two shits what anyone else thinks about my life, I'm too old to live one more minute of it ruled by fear.

He had been continuing to live with his sixteen housemates, waiting for her to finish so he could ask her to move in with him.