Well, I'm going through my WIP, and I can't even get a spark. Not a cinder. Nothin'.
So, I'm looking for inspiration and thought some of you might like the same. I'm going back through those first few lines of some of my favorites (not the prologue, because several agents say those are cheats...so chapter 1 it is). Here are some I always liked, in no particular order:
1) "I've watched through his eyes, I've listened through his ears, and I tell you he's the one. Or at least as close as we're going to get.""That's what you said about the brother."
--Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
2) When Edward Carney said good-bye to his wife, Percey, he never thought it would be the last time he'd see her.--Jeffery Deaver, The Coffin Dancer
3) The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.--Stephen King, The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
4) The Bar at the Ritz-Carlton looks out on the Public Gardens and requires a tie. I've looked out on the Public Gardens from other vantage points before, without a tie, and never felt at a loss, but maybe the Ritz knows something I don't.--Dennis Lehane, A Drink Before the War
5) Harry cut through the morning rush-hour crowd like a shark fin through water. I was following from twenty meters back on the opposite side of the street, sweating with everyone else in the unseasonable October Tokyo heat, and I couldn't help admiring how well the kid had learned what I'd taught him.--Barry Eisler, Rain Fall
Okay, now it's your turn. Share some of your favorite intros, whether they are yours or someone else's. And don't forget to tell us where it's from...
y'know, in case it catches our attention, like it's supposed to...
