Author Topic: And Then The Murders Began (Read 9154 times)

woollypigs · « **on:** 30 April, 2017, 10:30:34 pm »

Have we done this?

"And Then The Murders Began" refers to a series of tweets testing the theory that the first line of any story can be improved if its second sentence is changed to "And then the murders began."

Just heard it on a pod cast jolly good fun.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And then the murders began.

Mr & Mrs Dursley, of number 4, Privet Drive, were proud to say they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. And then the murders began. (Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone, J.K. Rowling )

And it also works with news articles, try it

ElyDave · « **Reply #1 on:** 30 April, 2017, 10:40:43 pm »

Bond lit his eightieth cigarette of the day. And then the murders began.

Seems reasonable enough.

David Martin · « **Reply #2 on:** 30 April, 2017, 10:50:12 pm »

It was the best of times. And then the murders began.

Vince · « **Reply #3 on:** 01 May, 2017, 12:05:14 am »

Marley was dead, to begin with. And then the murders began.

Jaded · « **Reply #4 on:** 01 May, 2017, 01:39:17 am »

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. And then the murders began.

Peter · « **Reply #5 on:** 01 May, 2017, 02:19:04 am »

When Mr Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magni- ficence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton..........and then the Mordors began.

T42 · « **Reply #6 on:** 01 May, 2017, 09:13:47 am »

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

And then the murders began.

Torslanda · « **Reply #7 on:** 01 May, 2017, 09:20:02 am »

It was a dark and stormy night. And then the murders began.

Gattopardo · « **Reply #8 on:** 01 May, 2017, 09:34:25 am »

Call me Ishmael, and then the murders began.

Gattopardo · « **Reply #9 on:** 01 May, 2017, 09:37:32 am »

If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born and what my lousy childhood was like.. Then the murders began.

mcshroom · « **Reply #10 on:** 01 May, 2017, 09:43:19 am »

1030hrs Sunday morning, and I'm loading the bike onto the roof of a friend's car; and then the murders began

Barring Mechanicals

Gattopardo · « **Reply #11 on:** 01 May, 2017, 09:44:11 am »

We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. And then the murders began.

Andrij · « **Reply #12 on:** 01 May, 2017, 09:50:21 am »

My father had a small estate in Nottinghamshire; I was the third of five sons. And then the murders began.

Gattopardo · « **Reply #13 on:** 01 May, 2017, 09:55:52 am »

I first met Dean not long after my wife and I split up. And then the murders began.

Basil · « **Reply #14 on:** 01 May, 2017, 10:32:46 am »

In the beginning was the word. And then the murders began.

Ruthie · « **Reply #15 on:** 01 May, 2017, 10:45:41 am »

All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

And then the murders began.

Tim Hall · « **Reply #16 on:** 01 May, 2017, 10:48:04 am »

The hour was late. Mr Bear was tired. Mrs. Bear was tired and baby Bear was tired. And then the murders began.

mcshroom · « **Reply #17 on:** 01 May, 2017, 11:26:14 am »

The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home; and then the murders began

mcshroom · « **Reply #18 on:** 01 May, 2017, 11:27:41 am »

"Where's Papa going with that axe?" said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast." And then the murders began

Clare · « **Reply #19 on:** 01 May, 2017, 11:29:54 am »

"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. And then the murders began.

PeteB99 · « **Reply #20 on:** 01 May, 2017, 11:30:05 am »

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

And then the murders began.

woollypigs · « **Reply #21 on:** 01 May, 2017, 11:35:33 am »

Tony Blair promises to 'get my hands dirty' and then the murders began.

See it works with news articles too

Zipperhead · « **Reply #22 on:** 01 May, 2017, 11:41:13 am »

Henrik & Vicky got married, and then the murders began.

Tim Hall · « **Reply #23 on:** 01 May, 2017, 11:41:32 am »

I had been making the rounds of the Sacrifice Poles the day we heard my brother had escaped. And then the murders began.

Which summarises the plot too.

woollypigs · « **Reply #24 on:** 01 May, 2017, 11:47:23 am »

Quote from: Zipperhead on 01 May, 2017, 11:41:13 am

Henrik & Vicky got married, and then the murders began.

I'm not telling you where the bodies are