#writing pattern

Tagged by @iamwestiec (I agree, this should be called Opening Lines Meme or something lol)

Rules: List the first line of your last 10 (posted) fics and see if there's a pattern!

Determination drove Liu Qingge away from his usual hunting grounds. (chapter 4 of A Worthy Suitor to the Crown - Scum Villain, monster hunt as part of ongoing courting, Mobei-Jun/Shang Qinghua/Liu Qingge)

They'd stayed at the restaurant, later and later, waiters pointedly clearing dishes and wiping tables around them before finally chasing them out with the vacuum. (stay the night - Scum Villain, modern AU date, Mobei-Jun/Shang Qinghua/Liu Qingge)

“Da-ge! Er-ge!” (A Future Bright As Gold, Warm As Flame - MDZS, happy Jin sibling au gen fic, minor Jiang Yanli/Jin Zixuan/Luo Qingyang, for westiec as part of the MDZS Gender Fuckery Mini Exchange, also completed for Finish What You Started 2023)

“Go back ten seconds please.” (Seasoned With Love - MDZS, modern au anniversary dinner, Jiang Yanli/Jin Zixuan/Luo Qingyang, for frostferox as part of the Jiang Yanli/Jin Zixuan/Luo Qingyang Flash Exchange)

The move is so unexpected, Liu Qingge has no time to brace himself. (hold me down (so I can fall) - Scum Villain, platonic bdsm threadfic, Liu Qingge/Shang Qinghua)

The seasons came and went. (Chapter 19 of The Swift Fall of A Sharp Blade - Scum Villain, Beast Peak Shen Yuan AU threadfic, Shen Yuan/multiple partners)

It was his birthday. (Jin Zixuan's Special Birthday Party (in which he recieves a lucky present) - MDZS, canon first time pwp, Jiang Yanli/Jin Zixuan, for merelydovely for the Women of MDZS Flash Exchange)

Rich patrons were not a new concept to Meng Shi. (The Pearl Who Was Swallowed By The Carp - MDZS, Meng Shi character study, Meng Shi/Jin Guangshan, for merelydovely for the Women of MDZS Flash Exchange)

Teeth. (Anniversary Trip - Dracula, post-canon introspection, Arthur Holmwood/Quincey Morris/John Seward, for Polyship Week 2023)

They looked down at Shang Qinghua's left arm. (New Growth From Broken Places - Scum Villain, broken arm recovery threadfic, Liu Qingge/Shang Qinghua)

What have we learned?

I like short openers, whether dialogue or prose.

For non-dialogue, the opening line establishes a time frame or setting more often than not.

Usually start in media res

I typically write in close third person POV

Only one out of ten is in present tense, two unknown thanks to dialogue, with the remaining 7 in past tense.

Interesting, very interesting! That two postings are later chapters and three are threadfic muddies the style a little, but they are all more similar than I might have thought. I shall have to try purposefully varying my openers, just to try something new!

I tag @seventhstar @zizzani @breadandblankets @monroeknoxwrites and @crimsonrainseekingflower, and anyone else who wants to play! Tag me if you do, I'm very curious 👀

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Bonus lines because I realize the ones I posted chapters of fall into the last 10 posted anyway lol

Liu Qingge barely heard the reports Yang Yixuan rattled off to him. (A Worthy Suitor to the Crown)

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