Lines

Oct. 10th, 2008 03:12 pm
deelaundry: man reading in an airport with his face hidden by the book (Default)
[personal profile] deelaundry
Have some first lines to fics I may or may not write (except the Foreman one; that I'm writing).

I have always thought that my mother was beautiful. Her hair, her eyes, her smile, her unusual earlobes. It was a grave disappointment to discover many in my cohort did not share my assessment.

***

"We're not gay!" Wilson says in a voice that wants to rumble like thunder but instead floats like a cottonball cloud.

"Maybe you're not," Lucas says.

***

There have to be limits to self-loathing, Wilson had said once, which only goes to show you how firmly entrenched the man is in the clay-packed earth of denial.

***

If one more person makes one more fawning remark about Wilson's adorable new kitty-witty num-num-num, House is going to pukey-wukey over said person's shoes, shirt, and hair.

***

When Foreman walked in at three p.m. on the dot, the preschool classroom was bright, colorful, tidy, and completely empty.

***

“You really are incredibly easy.”

“What was that?’

“Easy and dumb. Throw in a pair of double-Ds and you’d be Christina Tulane from my high school. Her eyebrows weren’t quite as unruly, though.”

***

“Who uses last names all the time?”

“I know who. Hey, Walter, did you go to Phillips Andover for prep school?”

“Bite your tongue. I’m a Hotchkiss man. All the Kavanaghs go to Hotchkiss. I have a cousin there now and two more that will follow shortly. But enough of that. McKay, Wilson, the two of you have been thick as thieves for some time now.”

***

John learned about Rodney’s transfer from Katie Brown, of all people.

***

I'm sick of being a shithead, but that doesn't mean I'm going to stop.
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Date: 2008-10-10 07:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] purridot.livejournal.com
You're such a tease!

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Date: 2008-10-10 07:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sodiumbisulfite.livejournal.com
You should definitely write this one: "
If one more person makes one more fawning remark about Wilson's adorable new kitty-witty num-num-num, House is going to pukey-wukey over said person's shoes, shirt, and hair."

XD

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Date: 2008-10-10 07:46 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] brewsternorth.livejournal.com
Hee, kitten + Wilson... would that be for [livejournal.com profile] jane_hidell?

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Date: 2008-10-10 08:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hwshipper.livejournal.com
Add me to the list of people wanting kitten fic!

Do you watch < ahref="http://www.e4.com/rickandsteve/">Rick and Steve? It's just the one on this week was all about their cat... and previously they went to Gay Mensa and I TOTALLY thought of Resolution and LOL'd. Sorry if I'm the last person in the world to get this.

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Date: 2008-10-10 08:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hwshipper.livejournal.com
OK so my html tags kind of just failed me there.

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Date: 2008-10-10 08:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] magie-05.livejournal.com
Okay, this: If one more person makes one more fawning remark about Wilson's adorable new kitty-witty num-num-num, House is going to pukey-wukey over said person's shoes, shirt, and hair.

Reminds me of this:


EEEE I would LOVE to see you write that one. Perhaps complete with kitten-talk. 'Cancy-wancy' comes to mind for Wilson, lol <3

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Date: 2008-10-10 09:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shutterbug-12.livejournal.com
If one more person makes one more fawning remark about Wilson's adorable new kitty-witty num-num-num, House is going to pukey-wukey over said person's shoes, shirt, and hair. Favorite! It's been about five minutes and I'm still giggling madly. Golden. Total win.

Also, do first lines come to you easily? It's one of the hardest things for me. So often, so much of the rest of the fic pops into my head, but first lines love to evade me. Do they randomly strike you, and the rest of it follows, or do you mull over an idea for a while before you come up with your first lines?

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Date: 2008-10-10 09:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jdr1184.livejournal.com
SMACK FAIRY!!!! WIN!!!

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Date: 2008-10-10 09:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jdr1184.livejournal.com
I'm going to vote for the kitten one too and throw in the Lucas one. They sounds lots of fun.

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Date: 2008-10-10 09:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hannahrorlove.livejournal.com
The first one reminds me of the old Bloom County strip where a man impresses a woman by speaking in French, even though he said her ears resemble fish heads.

More, please!

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Date: 2008-10-10 10:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blackmare.livejournal.com
The thing about the kitten? YOU MUST WRITE THAT. Must.

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Date: 2008-10-10 10:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sookail.livejournal.com
Right there with the n amount of people begging for the kitten!fic :D

Although, could it be that adorable new kitty-witty num-num-num might refer to sth else than a cat?

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Date: 2008-10-10 10:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deelaundry.livejournal.com
I'm just lazy and can't get going on writing (or finishing, as the case may be) these stories.

How are you? Tell me something fun from your life.

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Date: 2008-10-10 10:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deelaundry.livejournal.com
*raises eyebrow*

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Date: 2008-10-10 11:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blackmare.livejournal.com
What?

Care to, um, expand on that a little?

And if you say "..." I will have to hunt you down and harm you.

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Date: 2008-10-10 11:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deelaundry.livejournal.com
Oh, yes, if this goes, there'll be quite a lot of kitten-talk. Mostly by the young women who ask about the cat, but Wilson doesn't exactly discourage it.

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Date: 2008-10-10 11:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deelaundry.livejournal.com
Most of the time first lines are not too hard. Summaries, on the other hand, kill me. Ugh.

Usually, I'll think about plot/ideas/scenes for a while, but when I'm ready to write I start from the first line.

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Date: 2008-10-10 11:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deelaundry.livejournal.com
Me?

Would I do that?

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Date: 2008-10-10 11:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deelaundry.livejournal.com
Looks like that's the consensus :D It's a long over-due RSL BD commitment, too, so I'll have to get going on it.

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Date: 2008-10-10 11:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deelaundry.livejournal.com
She'll like it, probably, but actually it's for someone else. Now I just need to write it...

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Date: 2008-10-10 11:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deelaundry.livejournal.com
No, I haven't seen it -- sounds cool! Eeee, Gay Mensa!

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Date: 2008-10-10 11:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deelaundry.livejournal.com
The kitten one I've got the major idea of the fic and a wee bit of the plot, so that'll go forward. With the Lucas one, all I have is the first lines. Hmmm.

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Date: 2008-10-10 11:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deelaundry.livejournal.com
Did you guess who the narrator's mother is?

It's a Pillory follow-up. I have a lot more thinking to do about how the Code does and doesn't apply to children before I can write more on the fic.

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Date: 2008-10-10 11:29 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] bironic.livejournal.com
Forget kittens -- where there's a McKay and a Wilson beside each other, something awesome is sure to follow.

*sends support your way*
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