First Line Meme - why not?

[sid]

(If you think you've seen this before, it's because I tried to post it four times last night, but couldn't get the lj cut to work.  *grumble*)

ETA: Just let me know if you want the link to any of these.  :-)

1. Jack had suggested Australia for their “original SG-1” get-away because, well, because it was the Land of Oz.

2. “Jack, I know perfectly well why you’re lurking in my office.”

3. “Pass the salt, please.”

4. “You really enjoy flying this thing, don’t you?”

5. Omoc’s beacon had sent his message out into the heavens, and he and Daniel sat for a while quietly looking up at the cold stars.

6. Aspen.

7. The shapely redhead on Daniel’s left leaned towards him in a parody of confidentiality even as she raised her voice to be heard over the jukebox.

8. The newspaper fell to the floor as Jack ran from the kitchen.

9. “Synchronized diving.”

10. “I’ve watched you struggle,” Daniel says, and his voice is so kind that a sweet ache pierces Cam’s heart.

11. “Spread your legs wider.”

12. Only Rodney McKay could make such a big deal out of something so natural, so desirable.

13. “Goddamnit.”

14. Daniel flipped a reference book open with his left hand while jotting down a note with his right.

15. There were sausages on bread, strangely shaped vegetables charred and glistening with oil.

16. “You started it.”

17. They’re waiting to have their team photo taken, and waiting, and Jack’s wishing he had his yo-yo with him, when along comes Siler with a digital camera, snapping candid pictures of anyone who will stand still long enough.

18. “Jack? What are you… oh my God! STOP THAT!”

19. Daniel walked into the BDSM club in Denver with a sense of anticipation.

20. MarySid was getting ready for bed. 

21. “You’ve only yourself to blame,” Stephen said as he sponged blood from Jack’s yellow hair.

22. A familiar voice calls and Cammie slides halfway into consciousness. 

23. Jack was guest of honor at a dinner party being thrown by the governor of the province.

24. I thought I knew this place.

25. “Daniel.”

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*shakes head*  They're almost all comment fics, at least lately.  12 is my remix, 13 and 15 are drabbles, and 14 is my J/D ficathon piece.  20 is my Star Trek MarySue, 21 is Aubrey/Maturin, 22 is a Mezzanine remix. 

Hey, look!  #23 is the last time I wrote a story of any length that wasn't an assignment.  "Ahmureena"

24's a double drabble and 25 was a Season Two pre-slash vignette written four months ago. 

Comments

[jd-junkie.livejournal.com]

Fantastic mix of possibilities in these first lines. I have much love for #11 and #18, but my favourite is the understated one that sums them all up in one word ... #25. :-)
And I think I understand where your frustration is coming from but ... you write so fucking *well.* Your work is always, without fail, engaging and entertaining and a terrific read. And I'm not being patronising, here. Long works are great (and Ahmureena really was) but I get so much pleasure from your shorter pieces.
Please don't beat yourself up. I'm squeamish ... and I adore you way too much. :-))
*hugs*

[sid]

Nah, I'm not beating myself up. The last month and a half of my life has been an uproar anyway, so it's no wonder that I haven't been doing a lot of writing. Also, I've been reading library books, and synecdochic's novel-length fic and finishing up the J/D ficathon master list....

And I love writing the short pieces, omg I do! Comment!ficcing is always a challenge and full of surprises, and editing drabbles down to size is a great exercise in precision and finding alternate ways to say something.

*hugs ya back*

[paian]

These all make me want to read more (and I've already read most of them!). Or write more, like in that meme where you take someone else's first line and make a new ficlet out of it. That's way cool.

[sid]

That's very way cool! :-)

[sarkka]

I'd love to have links to all of these ;)

[sid]

Let's see what I can do to help you out there:

http://sidlj.livejournal.com/119161.html = 2-5

http://sidlj.livejournal.com/118731.html = 6-9

http://oxoniensis.livejournal.com/363932.html?thread=18705820#t18705820 = 10

http://oxoniensis.livejournal.com/363932.html?thread=18532508#t18532508 = 11

http://sidlj.livejournal.com/113810.html = 14

http://sidlj.livejournal.com/110312.html = 16-19

http://sidlj.livejournal.com/107689.html = 23

There's a bunch of them anyway! Enjoy.