Openers

Opening Sentence (Ex 1A – Week 1)

Leonard walks towards the box and finds himself bemused. A puzzled look across his face, once again he tries again to get closer to the box. But for every step he takes, the box inches away. He rubs his eyes and focuses on the box. The distance between them never changed. He reaches a step forward and fastens his pace with another. His urge and curiosity triggers a dash. The chase leads him to a dark tunnel. The source of light diminishes the further he run in. He breaks his speed at pitch black.

Opening phrases (Ex 1B – Week 1)

1. As the midday sun stared down at me mercilessly from the cloudless sky…
2. Frustrated, Jill squeezed her rag doll and throw it at…
3. Dillan, tugged her little angel into bed and suddenly…
4. The resinous night observed a sudden…
5. They walked briskly home over bristling grasses and dusty roads to…
6. Delany heard whispers from the roof top and…
7. We enter the low doorway, into the wooden smells of smoke which…
8. Though he knows he sat by her and kept a watch, she…
9. The new born sees dreamlike gilded colours decorating the wall in…
10. There was a time in her life where grandma would have described…
11. Adrian stops to take a second look at…
12. I’m sitting in the living room, calm and collected when…

Reflection

Storytelling had puzzled me from the start. Not in a bad way though. I love to read interesting stories but am pretty lazy to write a good one. I’ve written a few when inspiration hits me but thats a seldom fact. But ever since I started this module, i’ve been thinking of more stories to write. Maybe this will make it much more exciting for me. YAY!

New short story using Inez’s opener.

A shadow looms up in front of Leon but he stays oblivious to it. His attention is fully captured by a photograph in his hands. A man with armor pulls Leon up and escorts him out. His eyes remain on the photograph as he walks through a corridor where whispers break his silence. He glances up with hope, but his will shatters as the sound of heavy chains get louder. When he gets closer to his destination, he comes face to face with the same man who shut his last glance of light with black cotton over his head. Pitch black was at his sight which was accompanied by a thick rope down his neck. He takes a deep breath, with a tear rolling down his cheek.