"This is the beginning of something
longer."
"This is a possible first draft."
"This is a little experiment. It's like
an idea, okay?"
"I was so sure no one would be here."
"Let's just get this over with."
"My thing is really stupid."
"This is too long."
"I didn't write for crap this week."
"This is the start of something."
"I hope this measures up to my usual
standard of mediocrity."
"This is something I wrote so I might as
well read it."
"This is just a continuation of something
I started."
"I can't seem to write, so this is just
something."
"I had to bring something 'cuz I wanted
to come."
"A word of caution about this . . ."
"I'm going to read this anyway, because I
wrote it."
"This is half of a short story I just
started writing,"
"This is the first draft of the possible
start, or it could appear in the middle..."