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Comment author: fome 30 September 2012 04:55:46PM *  1 point [-]

Likewise, I'd like to see a less mundane first line; something that puts some superstimulus up front before the necessary mundane parts, like MoR does. Something like:

"The girl who would (some spoiler here) sat down..."

Or:

"(length of time) before the death of the last living human, Rebecca sat down..."

And instead of sitting down, something that jumps right into conflict or strong emotion. Profanity seems a good cheat for that. Like "...Rebecca was glaring at her screen. 'Are you fucking kidding me?'", or "...Rebecca was enjoying the worst fucking raffle prize in history."

I could be full of crap, so I'm hoping for feedback on my feedback.