May 1 is the deadline for The First Line's Summer issue. The starter sentence is quite intriguing, "I started collecting secrets when I was six years old." I also thought how easy it would be to replace secrets with something else, like fingers or knives, if you'd like to write a story about the birth of a serial killer or a mercenary. Or perhaps she was collecting fairies or magic or falling stars. You get my drift, any sentence can be made into a prompt just by the changing of a simple word. Your story is just a switched out word away.
Oh yes, and The First Line is a paying print market that accepts stories in any genre. You just have to start your story with their sentence. Besides this sentence there are two more posted for 2013.
2 comments:
Hey Sandra,
Subbed to this last month.
I love the concept underpinning this publication, and enjoy writing to a specific theme or prompt, and still have never had a piece accepted by them.
Yet. :)
Stephen
They are definitely a tough market to crack, Stephen, but I'm sure you will.
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