He wondered how successful he would be speaking only in song titles for twenty-four hours.
Karen shoveled the last bit of dirt on the spot where she had just buried her fourth grade teacher.
As he ate yet another piece of his pet chicken Gertie, John wondered how it had come to this.
"If you knew where that tarantula had been, you wouldn't put it in your mouth," John screamed.
As he walked to the edge of the precipice, Kevin suddenly remembered his first date with Sara.
Paula started cleaning the refrigerator, forgetting it was still in there.
The tattoo of a squirrel made an indelible mark on Jackie, both figuratively and literally.
As the water bore down on him, he wished that he had never given blood.
If he could just figure out a way to covet Paul's wife, he would have broken all Ten Commandments in one day.
He knew what he wanted his last words to be-"Don't eat the chicken soup."
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Strong first lines! Because I am (although I hate to admit it) a needy reader, first lines must fly, shoot off the page like tomato sauce boiling over. When first lines don't explode you risk turning away readers. However, powerful lines energize and compel readers and make them want more. . .
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