Write a first sentence every day

Piper sneezed and fifteen faces turned toward her.

When Fresia put her feet into the pool, she felt herself melting into the water and wondered if she should disappear.

The contractor and his crew knocked down the wall in the kitchen and found a femur.

What if your best friend found out you had been stealing her identity?

The doctor said the words that no one wants to hear, "Your insurance doesn't cover this."

I tried to close the gate and found that it was blocked by something small and round, but when I bent down to remove it, I saw that it was a shoe and the shoe was attached to a person.

My sister has always been the person I tell all my secrets to, but I have no more secrets to tell.

Tanner loved the feeling of weightlessness he felt at the drop on his favorite roller coaster but hated it when the same sensation became like a shadow following him through his day.

Maya lay in her bunk-bed listening to the breathing get louder with her eyes squeezed shut. Turning to the sound she winked one eye open and saw the yellow ring of light around her smart speaker.

Carrie blinked several times and wiped at her eyes before looking again at the photo of herself with her siblings, sure that there had been three of them, and now only seeing two; she couldn't even say if the third was brother or sister.

Just as the parade ended and the viewers were picking up their lawn chairs, little Cora slipped her hand into that of an affable stranger and was never seen again.

Have you ever seen an F150 barreling toward you through the rearview mirror?

Hardy Bolton raced to the elevator, tie swishing wildly, and thrust his arm forward just in time to keep the doors from closing.

The mushrooms grew wild on the dying hardwood tree right above the scar from the blow that attempted to remove it from the forest.

Penelope Peacock loved strawberries in her pink drink, until the day they killed her.

Kiara opened her eyes for the first time in nine years and no one was there to witness it.

Lovely is a word used to describe a delicate and beautiful girl, and that most definitely did not describe me.

I used to think that my mother hated me, then I had children and I realized she hated her life.

Have you ever noticed that when you take your foot off the gas, the car keeps moving forward?

There are so many things I want to forget, but memories of heartache keep resurfacing like ice cubes fighting for the top of the glass.

I'm 52 years old and I don't know what I want to do when I grow up.

Happiness is knowing that you've helped another human being.

Clarice recoiled when she saw the pudgy toddler bound into her bedroom humming a familiar tune.

As I stared at the frayed backpack and the ill-fitting clothing of the student in my office, I did what every guidance counselor did, I judged her.

The smell of smoke was strong and in her confusion, she didn't notice it snaking under the door, only when she faced the inferno did she realize it wasn't her Papa sneaking a cigarette.

Why do we try so hard for a happy life when the life we have already has happiness hidden among the mundane?

Every path has a beginning, even if it's indistinct or unrecognized.

"What makes you think I want to go with you?" Tara huffed.

He watched the numbers on the meter fluctuating wildly while the provincial suburban landscape outside the taxi window re-formed into an outlandish colorful city.

Lynette's moist palms left an imprint on the cryptic letter bringing to mind a small monkey she saw at a carnival once.

Moira was tasked with taking photos of the bridal party in front of the fountain during the rehearsal dinner, a task that made her both feel included and like an outsider at the same time.

My dog lay prone on the floor, motionless, not even a whisper of breath moving her chest.

It's amazing what you hear when you sit still.

I'm breathing but it doesn't feel like anything.

The average human eye can detect 50 shades of green.

It was a regular day until I got up to go to the bathroom at the office and bumped into my brother who was supposed to be in Thailand.

The flashing lights reflected in Mara's glasses, blue and red blurring the details of her irises, as she looked out the window and into my eyes, making me glad I couldn't see her clearly.

A fly landed on the sticky handle, tiny antennae in constant motion, flying away as quick as a flash when Connar picked up the knife and flung it into the brush behind the shed.

Today is laundry day, and when the laundry is finished Mrs. Cimarudi allows herself one hour of television.

While Kenny attempted to heave the suitcase into the back of Laura's car, she stepped off the curb to give him a hand, walking directly into an oncoming car.

I often find myself making a noise when I do things, like a sound effects track to my life.

It surprised no one at all that Lennox had found something dodgy with his Minelab Equinox 800 metal detector, but it did raise suspicion when he went missing three days later.

The title of the video "He's in heart surgery right now... BUT there's good news *EMOTIONAL*" had Brittany hooked, and that was before she saw the big brown eyes and floppy ears.

Though she didn't speak, Melody fixed her features in a way that belied her loathing of the task in front of her.

Carrie Adler started on her path to rehab before her tenth birthday.

Stan looked at the number at the bottom of the column on his screen and crafted his resignation letter.

No one knew why Lacey wore green knee-high socks every day to school, but everyone knew why she stopped.

Tuesdays were training days unless Sylas brought donuts to the office, and then Tuesday was a great day.

The weight of the lie was commensurate with the heaviness of the look in my husband's eyes when I told it.

I could feel the electricity in the air, the static that makes your hair stand on end was a fraction of a second away, I was sure no one else could sense it but me.

Who can know the thoughts of the person who is supposed to love you the most, especially when they are looking at you through the back of a police car?

If Jordan was going to make a fool of himself, he was going to make sure that he wasn't alone in doing it.

The glare of the headlights disoriented Gabby momentarily until she registered that she was driving on the shoulder of the road and there was a disabled car ahead of her.

The heat penetrated her skin and leaked out of her pores, dripping down the small of her back. How could it feel so hot when the temperature hovered at fifty-eight degrees?

Gerald Perault saw the king come down the river and knew he had been beaten.

In the summers of my youth, I spent many an afternoon waiting for the typical Florida rain to move through my neighborhood, leaving the steaming pavement ready for my next adventure.

Bobby found himself face to face with a boy twice his size with one thought in his mind; run!!

There appeared to me a wakefulness among the students, with something -- a secret? -- clawing to the surface trying to be seen.

I couldn't stand the thwack of the ping pong ball as it whizzed back and forth during my parents' daily game, seemingly faster on days when the planets were not aligned and slower on days when they were.

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From "What if? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers" by Anne Bernays & Pamela Painter