...he looked down at his calamari bloated fingers and thought about doing something dryly he probably shouldn't...he left a meta comment, something along the lines of "great curation man...if you just went ahead and read all those books you could probably start your own university..."...he could never be sure of the outcome of such thoughts, but he was certain that if he didn't share them then we both might never acknowledge this truth...what a radical read this was...he then went back to his fingers and ate them like a ravenous malnourished baby tiger shark left abandoned in cloudy algae lagoon...
Some of these are just crazy!
Yah I know! I could've done 100 of them!
I love how you gave us a mystery to start this piece. 🔎
To add to your list, one of my favorite opening sentences came from a memoir:
"Ever since my mom died, I cry in H Mart." (Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart)
Oh wow that's a good one! Yeah I really should'a crowdsourced some of these openers!
Thanks Linart!
...he looked down at his calamari bloated fingers and thought about doing something dryly he probably shouldn't...he left a meta comment, something along the lines of "great curation man...if you just went ahead and read all those books you could probably start your own university..."...he could never be sure of the outcome of such thoughts, but he was certain that if he didn't share them then we both might never acknowledge this truth...what a radical read this was...he then went back to his fingers and ate them like a ravenous malnourished baby tiger shark left abandoned in cloudy algae lagoon...
hahahaha mate nobody writes like you! Thanks Fis!
I'm definitely stealing that tactic
Let me know what you come up with Nathan! Always love seeing peoples’ hooks
very cool!
Thanks Claudia!