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10 Opening Line Ideas

I would have become a writer if it weren't for Tony.

I have two things on my mind: playing golf and how I'm going to get home.

Caitlyn had grown accustomed to the finer things in life.

People trust me with their futures; they shouldn't.

Sydney had been without life since it happened.

By a sparkling and cool river, an ostrich dreampt of more.

In a gloomy and spooky woodland, Robert reflected on the past.

I have two things on my mind: pesto and how I'm going to get home.

There are only three things in life that truly matter: politics, netball and money.

So I suppose you want to ask me why I left her.


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A blank page can be very daunting. Whether you've planned the perfect story or are suffering from writers' block, you still need to write that first line.

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