first is the worst song

Mine was the worst. It was with this guy I barely knew at a party. He just lunged at me out of nowhere, and his breath smelled like a mix of onions and beer. His lips were super slobbery, and it was so over in a second. It was just a horrible, unromantic mess.

On my worst first day, I sat next to a really mean girl in class. She kept stealing my pencils and when I asked for them back, she told the teacher that I was being mean to her. The teacher believed her without even asking me my side of the story. I was so frustrated and angry. I spent the rest of the day in a really bad mood.

I remember my worst first day at a new school. I had prepared my textbooks and everything but when I opened my backpack in the first class, I realized I had grabbed my sister's bag by mistake. So, I had all her girly stuff like makeup and dolls in my bag instead of my own things. The whole class laughed when I tried to explain. It was a nightmare and I still cringe when I think about it.

The '100 worst first lines of novels' might be bad for various reasons. Some could be too cliché, like starting with 'It was a dark and stormy night' which has been overused. Others might be too convoluted or unclear, making it difficult for readers to immediately engage with the story. Some first lines may also lack any sort of hook to draw the reader in.

Tong Hua's " Song in the Cloud " series of novels was famous for telling the love story between the female lead, Yun Ge, and Meng Jue. Meng Jue was Yun Ge's father's good friend and also her childhood sweetheart. However, at the climax of the novel, Meng Jue was framed as the murderer, causing him to be forced into exile overseas and eventually die alone. Meng Jue's ending was tragic because he had a deep relationship with Yun Ge, and all of this was caused by misunderstandings and conspiracies. In the novel, Meng Jue had risked exposing his identity for Yun Ge's safety and had been silently protecting her. However, Yun Ge misunderstood Meng Jue's intentions and eventually led to Meng Jue's exile. This misunderstanding and betrayal made Meng Jue feel despair and loneliness. In the end, he could only choose to die alone. Meng Jue's ending was one of the more tragic endings in the novel because the relationship between him and Yun Ge was destroyed by misunderstanding and conspiracy, causing him to lose everything in the end.

Lack of clarity. For instance, if a first line is like 'Some stuff happened once.' It doesn't clarify what 'some stuff' is. It's just too general and leaves the reader completely in the dark.

A girl might have her first period during a sports event. She was running and suddenly felt the pain and wetness, but she was too shy to tell anyone immediately. She ended up being very uncomfortable and self - conscious for the rest of the event.

My worst first job was working in a fast - food restaurant. The manager was really mean. He would yell at us for the smallest mistakes. One time, I accidentally dropped a few fries while putting them in the bag, and he made me clean the whole kitchen floor as a punishment. It was so unfair and made me dread going to work every day.

My worst first date was when we planned to go for a walk in the park. It started to rain a bit, but he didn't bring an umbrella. I thought we could find some shelter, but he just kept walking. Then, he started complaining about how his shoes were getting wet and how this was all my idea. It was a total disaster.

One example could be a first sentence that is overly complex and filled with jargon that makes it difficult for the average reader to understand right away. For instance, a sentence like 'The ineffable esotericism of the preternatural realm was about to be divulged in a most perfunctory manner.' It's just too much to take in at the start and might put off readers.