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10 Opening Line Ideas

I don't feel I was particularly sensible when I went by the name of Brock Treadwell.

I would have defeated the zombies if it weren't for Enrique.

There are only three things in life that truly matter: sugar, friendship and chocolate.

If I could change one thing, it would be killing Catherine.

If I'd become an author, there'd be a few less zombies on the planet.

My name is Pam Mala; let that be the end of the matter.

411,559 people died that summer but history won't remember a single one.

So I suppose you want to ask me how I pulled it off.

Why should my step-mum win the prize?

Every winter, I visited my boss, until the year I met Greg.


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A blank page can be very daunting. Whether you've planned the perfect story or are suffering from writers' block, you still need to write that first line.

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