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Opening Lines
A Member Challenge using the
Expert Editing
rules.
Description
Title your entry with the opening line from any work of fiction.
Submission Dates:
Jan 30 2015 - Feb 5 2015
Voting Dates:
Feb 6 2015 - Feb 12 2015
Submissions:
53
Disqualifications:
0
Votes:
3,692
Comments:
218
Average Score:
5.81392
Highest Score:
6.9722
Median Score:
5.8098
Lowest Score:
4.75
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Challenge Results for Opening Lines
'I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time.'
by
lei_73
1st
place with an
average vote of
6.9722
Views:
2962
(170 during voting)
Votes:
72
Your Vote:
N/A
Your Comment:
N/A
Average Vote (Participants):
6.815
Average Vote (Non-Participants):
7.067
As Gregor Samsa awoke ... he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.
by
mefnj
2nd
place with an
average vote of
6.7887
Views:
3161
(200 during voting)
Votes:
71
Your Vote:
N/A
Your Comment:
N/A
Average Vote (Participants):
6.889
Average Vote (Non-Participants):
6.727
The songs of the dead are the lamentations of the living - ("Eldest"... Christopher Paolini)
by
Judi
3rd
place with an
average vote of
6.7606
Views:
2481
(208 during voting)
Votes:
71
Your Vote:
N/A
Your Comment:
N/A
Average Vote (Participants):
6.704
Average Vote (Non-Participants):
6.796
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
by
grahamgator
4th
place with an
average vote of
6.7536
Views:
3816
(155 during voting)
Votes:
69
Your Vote:
N/A
Your Comment:
N/A
Average Vote (Participants):
6.400
Average Vote (Non-Participants):
6.955
"I have never begun a novel with more misgiving." - —W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor's Edge (1944)
by
Lydia
5th
place with an
average vote of
6.5493
Views:
2462
(161 during voting)
Votes:
71
Your Vote:
N/A
Your Comment:
N/A
Average Vote (Participants):
6.148
Average Vote (Non-Participants):
6.796
The cold passed reluctantly from the earth
by
Alex_Petrini
6th
place with an
average vote of
6.5352
Views:
1140
(169 during voting)
Votes:
71
Your Vote:
N/A
Your Comment:
N/A
Average Vote (Participants):
6.036
Average Vote (Non-Participants):
6.861
Will you just watch the hair? You know, I work on my hair a long time and you hit it. (Sat Night Fev
by
P-A-U-L
7th
place with an
average vote of
6.4507
Views:
1146
(154 during voting)
Votes:
71
Your Vote:
N/A
Your Comment:
N/A
Average Vote (Participants):
5.963
Average Vote (Non-Participants):
6.750
'Now I will try to keep awake.' - The Beak Doctor by Eric Basso
by
rooum
8th
place with an
average vote of
6.4143
Views:
1052
(149 during voting)
Votes:
70
Your Vote:
N/A
Your Comment:
N/A
Average Vote (Participants):
6.778
Average Vote (Non-Participants):
6.186
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
by
Ivory
9th
place with an
average vote of
6.3768
Views:
881
(180 during voting)
Votes:
69
Your Vote:
N/A
Your Comment:
N/A
Average Vote (Participants):
6.080
Average Vote (Non-Participants):
6.546
Time is not a line but a dimension, like the dimensions of space. — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
by
nam
10th
place with an
average vote of
6.3000
Views:
831
(138 during voting)
Votes:
70
Your Vote:
N/A
Your Comment:
N/A
Average Vote (Participants):
5.808
Average Vote (Non-Participants):
6.591
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