Monday 17 October 2011

Monday Market: The First Line

I found details of this intriguing little journal and thought their 'first line' approach to stories very useful for kickstarting ideas, as well as for submissions to their publication. They provide the first line of a story and entries should be between 300 and 3,000 words.

The first line for the current submission is 'It had been a long year', and entries should be emailed by November 1st 2011. They offer a token payment of $20 for published stories, but it's also a great site for first line ideas. This is often all we need to start the seeds of a storyline, so it's a valuable creative exercise.

Full details and rules of submission are on The First Line website.

Rosemary

9 comments:

Anne Gallagher said...

Love that first line. Sounds like the beginnings of a great story. lol. Thanks for the tip.

Carolb said...

Interesting site, thanks for the link Rosemary.

Rosemary Gemmell said...

Hi Anne - it does indeed! Think we'll be getting creative with it.

You're welcome, Carol!

Joanna said...

This is a really nice idea. A kick-start can be just what I need sometimes!
Many thanks Rosemary. I'm off to have a look now.

Diane Fordham said...

I love those ideas that inspire when you need something to get you started!

Angela Barton said...

Thanks Rosemary. I'll definitely take a look. Sometimes it only takes a sentence to kick-start a story! : )

Rosemary Gemmell said...

Good luck with producing another great story, Joanna!

Hope it inspires you, Diane!

You're so right, Angela!

Jenny Twist said...

That is a really useful link, Rosemary. Thank you

Rosemary Gemmell said...

You're welcome, Jenny - thanks for visiting!