{"id":52,"date":"2014-02-18T18:40:51","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T18:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cwlt\/?p=52"},"modified":"2014-02-18T18:41:15","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T18:41:15","slug":"uncle-albert-made-it-impossible-not-to-hate-thanksgiving-other-creative-first-sentences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cwlt\/2014\/02\/18\/uncle-albert-made-it-impossible-not-to-hate-thanksgiving-other-creative-first-sentences\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Uncle Albert made it impossible not to hate Thanksgiving.&#8221; &amp; other creative first sentences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wanted to write a story, for a class or for fun, but didn&#8217;t know how to begin? We&#8217;re here to help! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pugetsound.edu\/academics\/academic-resources\/cwlt\/writing\/writing-advisor-schedule\/anna-elliott\/\">Anna Elliott<\/a>, a writing advisor double majoring in English and History, shares some intriguing first sentences to unwritten novels, short stories, plays, and more. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When Albert awoke, the regret of last night instantly slapped him across the face.<\/li>\n<li>There were eggs everywhere, most of them broken, with puddles of yolk surrounding them, but some were still whole.<\/li>\n<li>Tina looked at her sister and fought hard not to pour the bowl of chili on her head.<\/li>\n<li>Knowing he would die in a little less than three days now, Steven woke up and started his day as usual.<\/li>\n<li>There was something strange about the trees in Sumner, Mississippi.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cJennie, I\u2019m gonna count to three, and if you\u2019re not down here, there\u2019s gonna be hell to pay.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Peeling the dried Elmer\u2019s glue of his fingers after art class was James\u2019 favorite part of kindergarten.<\/li>\n<li>Nobody knew where I hid it, and I wasn\u2019t gonna tell either.<\/li>\n<li>Uncle Albert made it impossible not to hate Thanksgiving.<\/li>\n<li>The more I think about it, I really do think I was made to be alone.<a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved. --><!-- OwaPage = ASP.webreadyviewbody_aspx --><!--Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wanted to write a story, for a class or for fun, but didn&#8217;t know how to begin? We&#8217;re here to help! Anna Elliott, a writing advisor double majoring in English and History, shares some intriguing first sentences &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cwlt\/2014\/02\/18\/uncle-albert-made-it-impossible-not-to-hate-thanksgiving-other-creative-first-sentences\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":394,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cwlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cwlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cwlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cwlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/394"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cwlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cwlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cwlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cwlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cwlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cwlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}