I have a favorite blog. I have gushed in the past about Fiction Scribe.

This post is inspired by one I saw there.

Thirteen First Sentences to Start Your NaNo

13. I knew I shouldn't have married a werewolf.
12. It was the most awesomest of times, it was the most baddest of times.
11. This is a story about a story within a story about a story I once heard.
10. Chickens need love too.
9. In a galaxy far, far away....
8. You will not like this novel but read it anyway.
7. He loved licking toes- the smellier the better.
6. It was not easy to kill the gaint blob living in the sewers in New York City but somebody had to do it.
5. I need to pee.
4. The butler did it and now I will tell you how.
3. This is a memoir about the time I was abducted by aliens.
2. "The first thing you need to understand, Officer, is that this all started when I decided to try and write a 50,000 word novel in a month."

and the number one way to start your nanowrimo novel is....

1. He was a wizard named Scary Trotter.


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