We’re all starting from the same place this week. What direction will your post take?
Last week, we published a collection of original flash fiction on Discover: three tiny tales, all under three hundred words — and all with the same opening line: “The fresh skid marks — a little brown, a little sticky — trailed from the front door straight through to the back.”
It was fascinating to see how these three writers took the same ten words and used them to such varying ends. A dark fairy tale, based on a classic myth. A moment in the life of a busy family. A futuristic, miniaturized drone operator conducting routine surveillance.
The idea for this week’s Discover challenge came from one of the commenters on the post:
This was so fun to read! How I would love to participate in something like this.
Thanks for the inspiration, Fatimah. Let’s do it! For this week’s challenge, publish a post — any kind of post, be it fiction, nonfiction, poetry, photography, illustration, video, or anything else — inspired by this line:
It was the first time, and it wouldn’t be the last.
If you choose to write, use it as your opening line; for those using a different medium, use the line however you’d like.
Maybe you’ll write about a childhood memory, or make up a fictional fable. Perhaps you’ll sketch a child taking her first steps, or shoot a photo of newly-planted flowers springing up in your garden. We’re excited to see all the directions you explore!
“It was the first time, and it wouldn’t be the last” … that I used the new health-insurance.
https://insellos.wordpress.com/2016/06/29/discover-challenge-opening-line/
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https://mysestina.wordpress.com/2016/06/28/it-was-the-first-time-and-it-wouldnt-be-the-last/
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hi! I would love to participate, but I am new to WordPress. Where do I submit my piece?
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No need to submit anything; if you’d like to participate, just publish a post on your own blog. You can share the post with us either by commenting with the link, as you see a few others doing, or by including a link to the challenge post in your own. And welcome!
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Thanks for the breakdown! 🙂
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Here’s my contribution to this week’s prompt: First Time:
https://sparksfromacombustiblemind.wordpress.com/2016/06/28/first-not-last/
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My first and not last time in blogging and few memories too!
https://ptitnfit.wordpress.com/2016/06/08/about-ramadan-and-few-other-thoughts/
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This is my first ever post!
https://wordsfromabrokeartist.wordpress.com/2016/06/27/81/
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https://aweepingwillowandariverbirch.wordpress.com/2016/06/28/he-wrote-the-alphabet-with-his-crayon
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I’ve given it a try – i only write about my real life here it is
https://escapingperfectionblog.wordpress.com/2016/06/28/it-was-the-first-time/
please let me know what you think!
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This is the first time for me, and hopefully, it won’t be my last.
https://vmbquietlyspeaking.wordpress.com/2016/06/28/all-for-toast
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https://aureliaslusher.wordpress.com/2016/06/28/the-family-plague/
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“Fue la primer vez y no sera la ultima!… aca dejo mi aporte… espero les guste…
Fue divertido… saludos
https://poli10blog.wordpress.com/2016/06/28/fue-la-primer-vez-y-no-sera-la-ultima/
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Love this idea with intriguing prompts!
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https://wordpress.com/posts/lifestories542.wordpress.com
Kindly visit the blog everyone and drop in your feedback.
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Here is my take…https://alkasharmablog.wordpress.com/2016/06/29/the-first-time-not-the-last
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Of Mountains & Madness
“It was the first time, and it wouldn’t be the last.”
The glimmer haunted me from dawn to dusk, like Gatsby’s green light, giving me hope when I needed it the most. Like Gatsby’s green light, […]
http://getlost.live/2016/06/28/of-mountains-madness/
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Very interesting:) Thank you.
https://mukhamani.wordpress.com/2016/06/29/the-daily-post-discover-challenge-opening-lines/
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Hi, I might try myself. It will be the first time though, how does it happen? Do I publish it in the comments?
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Write your post and link this post to it. It’s called a pingback
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“It was the first time,and it wouldn’t be the last”…
THE LOVE I THOUGHT I HAD
I was so broken and lost
My energy drained,life seems meaningless
I felt empty as I’ve got a body but no soul
Surrounded by darkness, overwhelmed with dishonor
*Then you came
Finding happiness in your smile
Was a joy I never knew existed
Your touch brought me warmth
Looking forward to the day next
Was never in my fantasy
*Until you changed
Our passionate kisses became slight pecks
Your rapt attention turned silent nods
Holding hands became handshakes
Every minute calls turned rarely every 72 hours
Your tight hugs became waves
Faraway waves I never knew meant bye
*Then you left
Saying you care was a cold hearted lie
I said hold my hands but you left
When you said you’ll love me always
I never knew it wasn’t forever
Never want to believe all those days were lies
But you never for once looked back
*More broken than ever
You left me so broken beyond repair
Those lovey moments between us, made me wish I never met you
I’m so pained I want to shed uncontrollable tears
But they ceased to pour
Because my face is stained with due tears
In my mind,the memory of you will stay
But wounds heal and I’ll move on
The love I thought I had…
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Howdy! It’d be great if you could publish this on your own blog, and there share the link with us 🙂
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Is there a word,limit for the story?
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Nope, write as much or as little as you’d like!
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Here’s my take! https://theundercoverprincess.wordpress.com/2016/06/29/it-was-the-first-time-but-not-the-last-a-short-story/
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It . . . last. I prayed and prayed and prayed some more. Would my supplication be received? Would it be answered? Would there be intercession?
I prayed again. And not for the last time.
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I think I’ve got the right one this time. My sincere apologies:
https://fatfacesite.wordpress.com/2016/06/29/not-all-treasure-is-gold-but-mine-is-golden-brown/
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My take on the Opening Line challenge at https://avidthinkerblogs.wordpress.com/2016/06/30/the-legendary-monsters/
Loved writing it! Thanks, Michelle W!
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Hi! Hoping I am not too late… I had already finished my piece, but it didn’t occur to me to read the comments and find out how it worked. However this is my link: “When in Rome…”
http://kristinakoti.com/when-in-rome/
Thanks
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Hi, I was having different ideas but i thought this one is the best. Its a fable about a traveler. Despite his first experience being a sloppy he did not not stop and continued to travel around the world. Here
https://thenoticeable.wordpress.com/2016/06/29/it-was-the-first-time/
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WordPress, I changed my address. My link is showing in your response page in the name of ‘therealtalksite’. Please have a look at this page, the changed address.
https://thenoticeable.wordpress.com/2016/06/29/it-was-the-first-time/
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It’s now showing as “thenoticeable,” so everything seems to be in place.
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Okay, thank you.
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https://preacharddean.wordpress.com/2016/06/30/the-epiphany/
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“It was the first time, and it wouldn’t be the last – the day when my tryst with words began, the day when I read my first book…”
My first entry for the weekly challenge on Discover!
https://rhymeagination.wordpress.com/2016/06/30/the-beginning/
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Really, really loving the challenge this week. Enjoying reading how one simple opening line has taken the blog authors who have posted in so many diverse directions. Hope you folks do this kind of challenge with a starter line for us again.
Marianne
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“It was the first time, and it wouldn’t be the last time I’d stare down this hallway of death.”
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