PROMPT 14 –
FOR STARTERS
For this
prompt you are going to borrow a line and use it as the start of your story.
This could be from a conversation you overheard at the store. It could be the
last line of your favorite novel. Novels, movies, songs, and news articles are
all great sources for starting material, but you’ll want to change the line so
that it’s a real attention grabber.
Here is the
last line from my favorite novel, Damnation
Alley, by Roger Zelazny.
“But coming upon the Common, the winds still
break about him, and the heavens still throw garbage.”
Based on
that line I generated a first paragraph and this elevator pitch.
Down and Out on Earth – Sam used to be an angel in heaven.
Not just any angel, but the leader of the crack legion of Avenging Angels. For
millennia he served faithfully. Then a week ago God cast him down to Earth. Now
mortal and without his angelic powers he must find a way to stop the
approaching spiritual war before it destroys mankind.
“The winds broke
around him as if they feared his touch and the heavens threw garbage. Both
served as constant reminders of his current status with God. Even the humans
took part of this grand snubbing and crossed to the far side of the street as
he approached them.”
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