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Sentence to Start – Week #5: Submit Away!

What great sentences can everyone come up with for this week?

If you don’t know the details, click here.  Basically, you submit a sentence that you think would make a great start to a story.

Then you, the readers, vote on the top 3.  In coming weeks I will use those 3 as my writing prompts and we find out exactly where our imaginations can take us:-)

So enter away, share with friends, and be sure to check back next week to vote.  You can leave me sentences in the comments below, on Facebook, GoodReads, or Twitter (I have a new Twitter account created just for this – @sentencetostart).

I will collect sentences until Friday at midnight.

Thanks again for your help and I look forward to reading everybody’s sentences!


Disclaimer:

By submitting a sentence(s) you agree that the sentence(s) submitted become the property of Christopher Sorensen to be used and/or altered in any manner whatsoever.  You also acknowledge that you have no copyright claim whatsoever in any work derived from the sentence(s) you submit.

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Sentence to Start – Week #4: Submit Away!

This week’s Sentence to Start story – The Fire – gave me a run for my money.  Great job Toni S.!!!

What great sentences can everyone come up with for this week?

If you don’t know the details, click here.  Basically, you submit a sentence that you think would make a great start to a story.

Then you, the readers, vote on the top 3.  In coming weeks I will use those 3 as my writing prompts and we find out exactly where our imaginations can take us:-)

So enter away, share with friends, and be sure to check back next week to vote.  You can leave me sentences in the comments below, on Facebook, GoodReads, or Twitter (I have a new Twitter account created just for this – @sentencetostart).

I will collect sentences until Friday at midnight.

Thanks again for your help and I look forward to reading everybody’s sentences!


Disclaimer:

By submitting a sentence(s) you agree that the sentence(s) submitted become the property of Christopher Sorensen to be used and/or altered in any manner whatsoever.  You also acknowledge that you have no copyright claim whatsoever in any work derived from the sentence(s) you submit.

Sentence to Start – Week #3: Time to Vote!

You continue to amaze me…keep them coming!  And don’t forget to read the stories that come from the sentences, too;-)

Here are the top 10 sentences from last week (chosen randomly).  Voting is open to anybody, so spread the word.  If a sentence you submitted is on here, well then you definitely want to have your friends stop by and vote for it!  Just give them this shortened link: 

Vote for the one you think would make the BEST starting sentence to a story.

The sentence that gets the most votes will win a $5 ecard to Amazon or Barnes and Noble!

The 3 sentences with the most votes will be my prompts for next week.

Voting ends Thursday, October 4th, at midnight.

Have fun!

Sentence to Start #3 – Top 10 Submissions (Sept 24 – 28, 2012)

Sentence to Start – Week #3: Submit Away!

After my first ‘Sentence to Start’ story, I’m more excited than ever.

Time to submit for this week!

If you don’t know the details, click here.  Basically, you submit a sentence that you think would make a great start to a story.

Then you, the readers, vote on the top 3.  In coming weeks I will use those 3 as my writing prompts and we find out exactly where our imaginations can take us:-)

So enter away, share with friends, and be sure to check back next week to vote.  You can leave me sentences in the comments below, on Facebook, GoodReads, or Twitter (I have a new Twitter account created just for this – @sentencetostart).

I will collect sentences until Friday at midnight.

Thanks again for your help and I look forward to reading everybody’s sentences!


Disclaimer:

By submitting a sentence(s) you agree that the sentence(s) submitted become the property of Christopher Sorensen to be used and/or altered in any manner whatsoever.  You also acknowledge that you have no copyright claim whatsoever in any work derived from the sentence(s) you submit.

Sentence to Start – Week #2: Time to Vote!

I LOVE all the submissions…keep them coming!

Here are the top 10 sentences from last week (chosen randomly).  Voting is open to anybody, so spread the word.  If a sentence you submitted is on here, well then you definitely want to have your friends stop by and vote for it!  Just give them this shortened link: http://bit.ly/Uxa9Dd

Vote for the one you think would make the BEST starting sentence to a story.

The sentence that gets the most votes will win a $5 ecard to Amazon or Barnes and Noble!

The 3 sentences with the most votes will be my prompts for next week.

Voting ends Thursday, September 27th, at midnight.

Have fun!

Sentence to Start #2 – Top 10 Submissions (Sept 17 – 21, 2012)

Winner of ‘Sentence to Start’ – Week #1

Congratulations to Justin Y. for submitting the sentence that received the most votes this week!

Great job, Justin!  A $5 ecard to Amazon or B&N is on it’s way.

Here it is:

“It was the last thing in the world he’d consider, and the first thing he’d run away from, but he was in a strange place, starving and no other option had presented itself.”

So many questions.  Who is ‘he’?  Where is he?  Why is he starving?  What is going to be the ‘it’ that is the last thing he would consider?   Justin’s sentence will be turned into a story for this coming Monday’s edition.

The sentences getting 2nd and 3rd place votes will be featured on Wednesday’s and Friday’s edition.  Be sure to check back!

Second most votes:

“Here’s the thing about lying: it works. And that’s the truth.”  (Submitted by Lana K.)

Sidenote: I have to admit, this was my personal favorite of the week!

Third most votes:

“He sadly looked on as the world he loved got smaller and smaller.”  (Submitted by Brian T.)

Sentence to Start – Week #2: Submit Away!

Response was great last week – lets see if we can do even better this week.

Ready.  Set.  GO!

If you don’t know the details, click here.  Basically, you submit a sentence that you think would make a great start to a story.

Then you, the readers, vote on the top 3.  In coming weeks I will use those 3 as my writing prompts and we find out exactly where our imaginations can take us:-)

So enter away, share with friends, and be sure to check back next week to vote.  You can leave me sentences in the comments below, on Facebook, GoodReads, or Twitter (I have a new Twitter account created just for this – @sentencetostart).

I will collect sentences until Friday at midnight.

Thanks again for your help and I look forward to reading everybody’s sentences!


Disclaimer:

By submitting a sentence(s) you agree that the sentence(s) submitted become the property of Christopher Sorensen to be used and/or altered in any manner whatsoever.  You also acknowledge that you have no copyright claim whatsoever in any work derived from the sentence(s) you submit.

Sentence to Start – Week #1: Time to vote!

Great submissions this week.  I love to see how all of your imaginations work.

Here are the top 10 sentences from last week (chosen randomly).  Voting is open to anybody, so spread the word.  If a sentence you submitted is on here, well then you definitely want to have your friends stop by and vote for it!  Just give them this shortened link: http://bit.ly/OAvF8B

Vote for the one you think would make the BEST starting sentence to a story.

The sentence that gets the most votes will win a $5 ecard to Amazon or Barnes and Noble!

The 3 sentences with the most votes will be my prompts for next week.

Voting ends Thursday, September 20th, at midnight.

Off we go…

Sentence to Start #1 – Top 10 Submissions (Sept 10 – 14, 2012)

Sentence to Start – Week #1: Submit Away!

Off we go!

I am excited to see what everyone has to share.  Click on the ‘Sentence to Start’ link above to get the details, but basically all this week I am collecting sentences as writing prompts.  You can leave me sentences in the comments below, on Twitter, Facebook, or GoodReads.

Next week you – the readers – will vote on the top 10 sentences, narrowing it down to 5 winners.  The person who submitted the sentence who gets the most votes will win an ecard to Amazon or Barnes & Nobles (winners choice).

The top 5 sentences will be my writing prompts for the following week.  This will be a fun way for you to put my writing to the test.  Who knows where your sentence may lead?!  Below is an example of one I already received:

  • “Toshiro was mad at the earthquake for smashing his life flat.” (entered by Shomeret on GoodReads)

Fun, no?!

So enter away, share with friends, and be sure to check back next week to vote.

Thanks again for your help and I look forward to reading everybody’s sentences!


Disclaimer:

By submitting a sentence(s) you agree that the sentence(s) submitted become the property of Christopher Sorensen to be used and/or altered in any manner whatsoever.  You also acknowledge that you have no copyright claim whatsoever in any work derived from the sentence(s) you submit.