#WritingAndRobots 3.2 — Do you have any opening lines that you’re proud of? What’s the line, and why do you like it? 

I'd seen t-shirt and chain-wearing ruffians much like these specimens before, loitering around Baltimore and harassing people.

I reviewed a few dozen stories to come up with this one. I'm dancing in the street if I can come up with a good opening paragraph, let alone a first line. This one really sets the stage. It of course brings up the question why not concentrate on a slam-bang opening line? 

For me, spending too much time working on getting a perfect start prevents me from starting. I think I'm going to try a strategy of coming back to the beginning after writing chapters and see if I can come up with that line, being inspired by other events later.

Here's a two others that I like. The first could be written with semicolons and said in one breath, so I say it counts.

“Gah! Mark, you’re doing it again! Get out of my bed!"

It's hard to reminisce about the naïve events of your childhood when you can't help but remember seeing the princess of your adopted homeland murdered.

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