Excellent strange snowfall Weird Winter by gansach Opening Line writing prompt entry

The falling snowflakes were green. Not grass green, not emerald green, but a noxious, poisonous yellow-green that gave them a glowing appearance. They silently drifted, swirling, to accumulate on the frozen ground. I watched from my picture window as they filled the misty grey sky. A pale disc denoted the weakened sun behind thickening clouds. I was curious about them~did they feel different from white snowflakes? Have an odor? Were they cold? But I was also fearful . . . too fearful to step outside to find out. Writing Prompt The first sentence of your story should entice your reader to keep reading. There needs to be a hook to reel them in. It could start *in media res* (in the middle of the action/plot) or a mysterious phrasing that intrigues the reader. Ex: As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin. (Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka) Ex: It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. (1984 by George Orwell) Compare this to: The alarm went off and I got out of bed. Which story would you rather read based on the first sentence? ****Write an opening paragraph to a story, with a 'hook' in the first sentence. The intrigue/action can continue making the whole paragraph a hook, but the punch should be in the first sentence. ****Prose only, one paragraph, not a whole story (this isn't a flash) just an opening paragraph. Any genre. Fiction or Nonfiction. Author Notes artwork from Milestone Decal Art

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