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Novilia
12-09-2005, 06:14 AM
Somebody started a thrtead entitled "First sentences."

I don't know about anyone else, but I've always thought that the last sentence is the most important. Think about it, it's the last thing your redaer will be gripping onto, the thing that will give them the feeling they will be left with, the final thread that will complete the theme or idea your writting is going to convey, so , if anyone wants to, it could be cool to hear a few last sentences.

mdin
12-09-2005, 06:21 AM
I always do that cheesy thing where the first sentence and the last sentence are the same. It makes me giggle.

Sage
12-09-2005, 06:44 AM
From Euterpe:

"Then don't let me be smart," she said, meeting his lips and plummeting into the depths of his kiss.

From Jian's story:

“…Echo.”
:rolleyes:

LightShadow
12-09-2005, 07:10 AM
In the sea of red roses grew a miracle.
On the third bush of the third row, beside a small square table over an old rotted stump upon which rested a completed game of checkers, grew a single, yellow rose.

underthecity
12-09-2005, 07:16 AM
Last line in my new book (official release date December 12, see it on Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0738534323/)!)

"Entertainment has come full circle; what was once presented only on a stage is now available on hundreds of channels live and prerecorded 24 hours a day, 7 days a week."

allen

WVWriterGirl
12-09-2005, 07:40 AM
After gleaning the necessary information, the Father set out to reclaim his army and march on the city of Wanshat and the Cona’Doar.

Last sentence of CDC I, the only completed manuscript I've got.

clara bow
12-09-2005, 11:08 AM
"I think I have a thing for a priest!"

britlitfantw
12-09-2005, 12:23 PM
Choice

"Home, Andrew. We're going home."

I like this thread! :D

SeanDSchaffer
12-09-2005, 01:20 PM
From Wuhrvia, Draft 2:


The three stood together, their arms around each other in unity, smiling up at the skies.


From Wyverinia Chronicles (Copyright 1998; Printed 2004) -- Last Paragraph

Life, despite all the evils that had happened in the previous few months, would persist, for yet another year. Arise, all Creation. A thought that, though it didn't wipe the war from the memories of people, did do something to, indeed, renew.

scribbler1382
12-09-2005, 05:04 PM
From Slaybells:

"Let's go home, baby."

From Idlewood:

"Sally?" he said, kneeling in the sunshine.

fallenangelwriter
12-09-2005, 08:03 PM
from To Reign in Hell

Kiira laughed when the thought struck her: he'd gotten what he always wanted; he was free

from The Ivory Tower (last two sentences)

"what happened to the princess, child? Dearest," he called, "You have an admiring subject to greet!"

PattiTheWicked
12-09-2005, 08:42 PM
From Call of the Clan:

I watched Catharine and Will walk away, her head on his shoulder, and his hand on her rounded stomach, into the shadows once more. They have loved each other for two hundred years, and will love each other for all eternity, wholly, completely.
So much that it burns.

From Summer's Ashes (coming in 2007 from Keene Publishing):

The whales were content, and I was too. Rowan Tree Island wasn’t so bad after all. I had my friends, and I had my family. And as long as I had those, I was someplace good.
I was home.

Holmes Adie
12-09-2005, 09:01 PM
I've not finished yet, but when I do I'll go with the classic last line:

Soudaincment, tout le monde etait ecrass par un camion.

as recommended by this article. (http://www.nationallampoon.com/flashbacks/writegood/writegood.html)

Kasey Mackenzie
12-09-2005, 09:04 PM
Last two sentences from last WIP, paranormal romance titled "Where Angels Fear to Tread" (Book one of Psychic Storm):

For now we would continue walking where angels feared to tread, facing any psychic storms that might confront us.

Together.

zeprosnepsid
12-11-2005, 06:42 AM
I haven't finished my novel, but I have wrote the ending, although out of context it's nothing too special:

"And after the last word, she passed away."

Sharon Mock
12-11-2005, 07:33 AM
I now have two completed drafts in the queue. That feels so strange...

From Kirizal, project currently under revision:

She nodded and obeyed him, though for how long he did not want to guess. He watched her go for far longer than he needed to, until the sun broke over the hills and filled the valley with a light that would have been blinding to another man. Only then did he settle his instrument case on his back and begin walking again, east toward the sea, back to the beginning of his journey.

From City of Ravens, NaNoWriMo project, currently composting:

He took my arm like a gallant gentleman, and we went downstairs to face the sorcerers together.

pepperlandgirl
12-11-2005, 08:40 AM
From my upcoming release The Zebra Wore Fishnets.

Belle moved from between his legs to his side and rested her head against his chest. “We’ll go shopping tomorrow.”.

And from the novel I'm shopping around now, Dead Man's Corner
Ford nodded, the most beautiful words falling from his mouth and painting a picture of mutual joy, sublime contentment, and a long, quiet life nestled in the prettiest country God ever touched.

aruna
12-11-2005, 02:15 PM
And they lived happily ever after.;)

triceretops
12-11-2005, 02:26 PM
And while the gazebo angels looked happily down upon them, and the wind chimes tinkled on that spring afternoon, Ruth Crowe exclaimed in a high-pitched voice, “Oh, Zachary, she’s absolutely adorable!”

From Planet Janitor

Tri

RubyRoo
12-11-2005, 02:39 PM
Rowan Tree Island wasn’t so bad after all. I had my friends, and I had my family. And as long as I had those, I was someplace good.
I was home.

YAY! Rowan is the best name! :D

AdamH
12-11-2005, 07:08 PM
This is the last line from my first story ever published called Sunny's Ball:

Maybe she’d return someday. If luck was on his side, she may even still be in town hiding out and he could run into her again. And when he handed her the clarinet, maybe, just maybe, she’d do him the pleasure of another rendition of “Sweet Georgia Brown”.

Bufty
12-11-2005, 07:50 PM
The Time Pool - last line.

Life was good.

PeeDee
12-11-2005, 11:35 PM
I'm thinking possibly,

The End

or maybe,

Fin

But it might also be,

If you enjoyed this Random House title, here are some other selections you might also enjoy!

OneTeam OneDream
12-12-2005, 07:27 AM
Strike Three.

NeuroFizz
12-16-2005, 10:01 PM
Last paragraph from Family Secret (mystery):

That’s it. Right there. I can’t wait to drag the razor across that neck. I’ll show you how to do it. I can teach you to love it, to crave it. We’ll do it together. She’s not one of the good ones.

SusanR
12-16-2005, 10:35 PM
Ooooooooo, that's eerie. I like it.


Here's mine, from BONE SEASON:

There would be no peace for Shelly until the day that she, too, would lie under a blanket of earth, in the bone season.

SusanR

SusanR
12-16-2005, 10:38 PM
*sigh*

I have the first third written, and the last. Now all I need is the d*mned middle third.

SusanR

CampCreek
12-16-2005, 10:48 PM
She looked down at the unobtrusive tombstone, weathered and discolored, yet still beautiful in it’s unyielding grace, and read:

Requiescat in Pace
Lady Elizabeth Gwynlyddonn
1592 - 1617
Beloved daughter of
Geneva

Lilybiz
12-17-2005, 09:39 AM
I like this from Tom Robbins' "Jitterbug Perfume":


Indigo.
Indigoing.
Indigone.

Diviner
12-18-2005, 01:25 AM
Her life satisfied her. She could be happy here.

*

She knew her duty. She would do it.

*

He had the tools to build his future.

*

All of the above are series books.

Yaslan
12-18-2005, 02:03 AM
Finally, she can take comfort in the coldness of the grey sky and drink in the beginning of her new life.


I am only guessing what the last sentence may be.... heck, i've yet to write the full book (screams!) heh heh

teraflop
01-02-2006, 11:17 AM
I've not finished yet, but when I do I'll go with the classic last line:

Soudaincment, tout le monde etait ecrass par un camion.

as recommended by this article. (http://www.nationallampoon.com/flashbacks/writegood/writegood.html)
Corrections:
Soudainement, tout le monde etait écrasés par un camion

Or, more correct & less formal as they're getting smashed by a truck (though I am unsure of the tense due to lack of context):
Soudainement, ils ont été écrasés par un camion

Or, perhaps funnier, getting smashed by a truck full of food:
Soudainement, ils ont été écrasés par un camion pleine d'alimentation

Or, to evoke a Seinfeld episode:
Soudainement, ils ont été écrasés par un camion postale pleine des vielles frappes de golf de Jack Kennedy

Albedo of Zero
01-02-2006, 11:44 AM
Outside, in front of the house, Hanali looked up from her meal and tilted her head.

Shadow_Ferret
01-02-2006, 11:54 AM
Lydia opened the outlaw’s pants and pulled him free. Lowering herself on him, she purred, "Belatuul."

blacbird
01-02-2006, 01:51 PM
"If so, not twenty meters away was a solid impregnable barracks bunker, and he had access to plenty of good clean weapons and ammunition."

caw.