Choose one of these 20 great opening line types and write you own great opening line.

“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” — George Orwell, 1984
“…….Can I get one of their clocks? I need an extra hour to do homework.” —Josh Mayer, 2015

Angela looked at the blood dripping from her hands and laughed loudly.

I’m bored.

“If you’re reading this… I’m not impressed, reading is mundane.”

Life starts out simple, like water flowing from the highest peak of a mountain. In the beginning you are pure, fresh, brimming with unfulfilled desire and dreams. But as you descend down the mountain and into the world below, even the purest of water can become tainted and corrupted by society.

Where should I begin? Well, I suppose we could always address the elephant in the room. No seriously, there’s an elephant in the room. Right there. In the living room. Yeah, I should probably start with that.

Nothing deserves to be lived whom was not before imagined. Imagination is one of the most powerful tools of the mind. The reason why oceans and seas are more than salt water.

“I am afraid I fear nothing”

The oldest question in the Universe is the question that most frequently get asked, but never ever be answered.

The sign on the door said, “Free beer.”

It had not killed him; where is the flaw?

We believe that the holes are not there merely because people do not fall into them.

Fredericksburg was such an unexpected place to be having breakfast with Scottlo.

They say you will see the film of   your own life when your falling from a high cliff, but that is not true, I only see the cliff in a blur and I am growing very angry.

She knew by the end of the month she would be dead; if not before, by her own hand.  Her question was, who was she taking with her?