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First Sentence Contest
This is an idea I came up with in an attempt to help revive BaB!
I will provide a summary of an invented book (it doesn't have to be actually written, just a book idea -- and it cannot be an already published book). Then you will post a sentence that you think would make a good first sentence for the book.
Remember, first sentences are very important. It's what pulls you in and keeps you reading. Books with good first sentences are usually very good.
Deadline is October 16. I will judge on the 17. Whoever wins first place will be the next judge. If you win first place and would rather not judge please tell me and the role of judge will go to the second place winner.
Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions! I look forward to reading your first sentences.
Story Summary:
Humans have finally landed on Mars. The human habitat is encased in domes of transparent material. Drones big enough to transport people fly around, hovering above the surface of Mars. Contact with Earth is strong and extremely important. Everything is going well, until contact with Earth ceases. No one knows why and things are tense. When one of the transparent domes start leaking the precious air into the Mars atmosphere the tenseness escalates at an alarming pace. There isn't enough oxygen and supplies to share with others for long. Groups of humans turn against other groups. Everyone is blaming another and nothing towards fixing the problems is being done. Sevianna -- a young girl born on Mars who has never seen or set foot on Earth -- realizes that something must be done. The adults aren't doing anything, so she gathers the other Martian children. Together they must save the human habitat and reconnect with Earth. It is a daunting task and many children give up. Soon only Sevianna and three other children are left trying to fix the problems. Can so few do it? Or are they doomed with the rest of the humans on Mars?
submitted by Peregrine, age Many moons, The Eyrie
(October 6, 2020 - 10:25 am)
(October 6, 2020 - 10:25 am)
"Well, I'll just be going, then. Have a nice life," the boy said, and he turned toward the door- or actually, the place where the door had been. "Oh yeah! We forgot to mention- once you get in, you cant get out. You can sleep by the far wall."
(November 9, 2020 - 4:55 pm)
"When everything you know is suddenly revealed to be a lie, you feel a lot less guilty about lying yourself. Especially if the person you're lying to is a thief."
(November 4, 2020 - 10:14 am)
I was lying on my bed, feeling bored for the nine billionth time in my life, when my sister Scarlett let out a shriek. "There's a boy outside!"
(November 5, 2020 - 7:19 pm)
This is definitely a scam, Blue thought as he shook the two sisters' hands, but hey, if he wanted to get out of here, so be it.
(November 6, 2020 - 7:05 pm)
Blue put on his grey cloak. If I'm camoflauged, they'll never catch me, he thought.
(November 7, 2020 - 7:09 pm)
When I shook hands with Scarlett and Alisa, I thought I was getting treasure in exchange for helping them escape the castle, which I figured I could come up with an excuse to not do. I didn't realize I was shaking on much more than that.
(November 8, 2020 - 10:55 am)
"It had been tough, being cooped up with my sister. But we had developed a bond throughout those years; a bond that would prove to be critical in the next few days."
(November 8, 2020 - 11:51 am)
I was trying to nap! I yelled as endless screaming echoed across the galaxy
(November 9, 2020 - 2:28 pm)
(November 10, 2020 - 6:48 pm)
I sink down beneath my window, panting, but thrilled from what I saw. My sister, Alisa, sighs, exasperated at me (she does that a lot) but I ignore her (I do that a lot, too.)
(November 10, 2020 - 7:25 pm)
I'd never expected to see anyone besides my sister. Certainly not a reckless, foolhardy boy who was somehow under the impression that we had a stash of treasure.
(November 10, 2020 - 11:49 pm)
I had never seen the likes of the creature standing in front of me, but I had read about it. Just like I had never seen sunlight, but I had seen drawings in the books of our beautiful old library.
(November 11, 2020 - 11:18 pm)
Hi I'm entering the second contest! "Go away Alisa!" Scarlett screamed "It's five in the morning!" Alisa loved to barge into Scarlett's room at early hours with plans more ridiculous then the next.
(November 13, 2020 - 8:43 am)
Scarlett ran in to Alisa's room out of breath. "Alisa there's a boy outside!" she screamed.
(November 13, 2020 - 8:55 am)
Ok here we go!
The mossy stones of the castle were loose beneath the treasure room. Nice if you were into ruins and crumbling castles, but not so nice if you were a thief trying to be stealthy.
(November 14, 2020 - 1:22 pm)