Last Sentences

Novilia · Dec 8, 2005

Somebody started a thrtead entitled "First sentences."

I don't know about anyone else, but I've always thought that the last sentence is the most important. Think about it, it's the last thing your redaer will be gripping onto, the thing that will give them the feeling they will be left with, the final thread that will complete the theme or idea your writting is going to convey, so , if anyone wants to, it could be cool to hear a few last sentences.

mdin · Dec 8, 2005

I always do that cheesy thing where the first sentence and the last sentence are the same. It makes me giggle.

Sage · Dec 8, 2005

From Euterpe:

"Then don't let me be smart," she said, meeting his lips and plummeting into the depths of his kiss.

From Jian's story:

“…Echo.”

LightShadow · Dec 8, 2005

In the sea of red roses grew a miracle.
On the third bush of the third row, beside a small square table over an old rotted stump upon which rested a completed game of checkers, grew a single, yellow rose.

underthecity · Dec 8, 2005

Last line in my new book (official release date December 12, see it on Amazon.com!)

"Entertainment has come full circle; what was once presented only on a stage is now available on hundreds of channels live and prerecorded 24 hours a day, 7 days a week."

allen

WVWriterGirl · Dec 8, 2005

After gleaning the necessary information, the Father set out to reclaim his army and march on the city of Wanshat and the Cona’Doar.

Last sentence of CDC I, the only completed manuscript I've got.

clara bow · Dec 8, 2005

"I think I have a thing for a priest!"

britlitfantw · Dec 8, 2005

Choice

"Home, Andrew. We're going home."

I like this thread!

SeanDSchaffer · Dec 9, 2005

From Wuhrvia, Draft 2:

The three stood together, their arms around each other in unity, smiling up at the skies.

From Wyverinia Chronicles (Copyright 1998; Printed 2004) -- Last Paragraph

Life, despite all the evils that had happened in the previous few months, would persist, for yet another year. Arise, all Creation. A thought that, though it didn't wipe the war from the memories of people, did do something to, indeed, renew.

scribbler1382 · Dec 9, 2005

From Slaybells:

"Let's go home, baby."

From Idlewood:

"Sally?" he said, kneeling in the sunshine.

fallenangelwriter · Dec 9, 2005

from To Reign in Hell

Kiira laughed when the thought struck her: he'd gotten what he always wanted; he was free

from The Ivory Tower (last two sentences)

"what happened to the princess, child? Dearest," he called, "You have an admiring subject to greet!"

PattiTheWicked · Dec 9, 2005

From Call of the Clan:

I watched Catharine and Will walk away, her head on his shoulder, and his hand on her rounded stomach, into the shadows once more. They have loved each other for two hundred years, and will love each other for all eternity, wholly, completely.
So much that it burns.

From Summer's Ashes (coming in 2007 from Keene Publishing):

The whales were content, and I was too. Rowan Tree Island wasn’t so bad after all. I had my friends, and I had my family. And as long as I had those, I was someplace good.
I was home.

Holmes Adie · Dec 9, 2005

I've not finished yet, but when I do I'll go with the classic last line:

Soudaincment, tout le monde etait ecrass par un camion.

as recommended by this article.

Kasey Mackenzie · Dec 9, 2005

Last two sentences from last WIP, paranormal romance titled "Where Angels Fear to Tread" (Book one of Psychic Storm):

For now we would continue walking where angels feared to tread, facing any psychic storms that might confront us.

Together.

zeprosnepsid · Dec 10, 2005

I haven't finished my novel, but I have wrote the ending, although out of context it's nothing too special:

"And after the last word, she passed away."

Sharon Mock · Dec 10, 2005

I now have two completed drafts in the queue. That feels so strange...

From Kirizal, project currently under revision:

She nodded and obeyed him, though for how long he did not want to guess. He watched her go for far longer than he needed to, until the sun broke over the hills and filled the valley with a light that would have been blinding to another man. Only then did he settle his instrument case on his back and begin walking again, east toward the sea, back to the beginning of his journey.

From City of Ravens, NaNoWriMo project, currently composting:

He took my arm like a gallant gentleman, and we went downstairs to face the sorcerers together.

pepperlandgirl · Dec 10, 2005

From my upcoming release The Zebra Wore Fishnets.

Belle moved from between his legs to his side and rested her head against his chest. “We’ll go shopping tomorrow.”.

And from the novel I'm shopping around now, Dead Man's Corner
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aruna · Dec 11, 2005

And they lived happily ever after.

triceretops · Dec 11, 2005

And while the gazebo angels looked happily down upon them, and the wind chimes tinkled on that spring afternoon, Ruth Crowe exclaimed in a high-pitched voice, “Oh, Zachary, she’s absolutely adorable!”

From Planet Janitor

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RubyRoo · Dec 11, 2005

PattiTheWicked said:
Rowan Tree Island wasn’t so bad after all. I had my friends, and I had my family. And as long as I had those, I was someplace good.
I was home.

YAY! Rowan is the best name!

AdamH · Dec 11, 2005

This is the last line from my first story ever published called Sunny's Ball:

Maybe she’d return someday. If luck was on his side, she may even still be in town hiding out and he could run into her again. And when he handed her the clarinet, maybe, just maybe, she’d do him the pleasure of another rendition of “Sweet Georgia Brown”.

Bufty · Dec 11, 2005

The Time Pool - last line.

Life was good.

PeeDee · Dec 11, 2005

I'm thinking possibly,

The End

or maybe,

Fin

But it might also be,

If you enjoyed this Random House title, here are some other selections you might also enjoy!

OneTeam OneDream · Dec 11, 2005

Strike Three.

NeuroFizz · Dec 16, 2005

Last paragraph from Family Secret (mystery):

That’s it. Right there. I can’t wait to drag the razor across that neck. I’ll show you how to do it. I can teach you to love it, to crave it. We’ll do it together. She’s not one of the good ones.

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