How do i start off chapter 1 of a story?
There's a 'rule' for starting popular fiction. It doesn't apply to literary fiction, and was rarely used in books we consider classics today, but if you want to sell a story or novel for the popular market, it *has* to open with a hook. A book has a page to hook the reader at the most. A paragraph is better. A sentence is better still. A short story has a paragraph in which to hook, and a sentence is better. Serious exercise. Find five to ten books in the same genre as the one you want to write, each written in the last ten years. Open to the first page. Read the first paragraph. You'll see hook after hook after hook. It starts to be kind of funny by the sixth or seventh book--and you start to see how it's done, too. A sampling from the books I can reach from this chair: I was born twice; first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day in January of 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy. ("Middlesex") By now his creams sounded like the heaving chuffs of a sick cat, so no one could hear him, even from the washed-out trail ten yards away. ("The Book of Matthew") The summer I was eight years old, five hours disappeared from my life. ("Mysterious Skin") Killing the girl was worth forty-nine points. ("Dynamite Road") Not a page, not a paragraph, but a single sentence formed the hook in each one.
I don't know how to start my story! HELP!?!??!?
Everytime a writer starts a story you can guarantee they’ll stop mid-type (Or mid-scribble, depending on their preferred method of writing) and think “I don’t know how I’m even going to start this”. If this is you, don’t worry! Every writer feels this way at some point, and I myself think that the first line is the most difficult to write. Here is a tip which may help you: * Take your character and make a profile for them, from their favourite hobby right down to their favourite place to eat. Include school, work, friends and anything else they show interest in. * Next, write a list of all the places your character could be in the story, including what they could be doing there. * Go down your list and write a short sentence based on each “scenario”. One of those sentences should flow easier than the others and will leave you feeling happy, rather than feeling like you want to give up all together. Give it a go and see if it works for you. If it doesn’t work, consider whether it is really the story itself or something else. Bad characters, description or even the wrong point of view or tense could seriously stump your story’s development. Another way to do it is to go and write another part of the story, but at some point you'll have to go back to the dreaded start again. It's best getting the start over and done with as well as you can to "pave" the way for the rest of your story.
How do you start a fantasy story?
Well, if you guys wanna know what im writing about,here it is. It's actually WHAT i wanna write about.This is just the brief summary or the highlights of my story. Hope its ok... The title is "Sparks" A school is holding a fieldtrip in a jungle where some say is where the entrance to another world is. That night, Jake, Shawn, and Rick snuck out of camp to explore the cave where the so called entrance is located. On their way there, they bump into Stacy and Liana, who went out to go to the bathroom. The girls insisted they go with them and after much convincing the boys agree. They manage to pass all the darkness and get to the other world. However, in disappointment, the other world isn’t what they expected it to be. The five friends now find themselves trapped inside an unknown place and they try to find their way out. In the adventure of finding their way out, one of the friends, who find each other annoying, falls for the other. So read on and find out what happens
Do you have to know the whole story before you start writing it?
A question to you. Do you know where your life is going to head? The exact place you are going to be a decade from now? What's your answer? We are living to figure it out. Isn't it? We choose a path, live our way and figure it out.Exactly the point I want to make about your writing the story you have in your head. I personally have had imagined a story from the beginning to the end when I wanted to write it but as time progressed, I evolved, my thoughts matured more, and there was more clarity, which as a result altered the end I was going to give my story and guess what the end now is more befitting.You figure out your characters more as you start spending time with them and end comes naturally, so my dear friend, start writing the world's best story already.
How do you start an assassination story?
Start something like this with action or really provoking dialogue. Try having the main character be victimized (if he is to be a protagonist character) or be a villain (if he is to be an antagonist). It does not have to be overly overt. You can have a very subtle scene where a character's behavior set or history is established, but you need to have some level of action or something that POPS (gets the readers attention). Some authors choose to use interrupted time. They will start with the ending. Have the main character (if available) look back on the story (even write it at the end if that is easier) or give a very compelling diatribe about a topic (I'm thinking John Travolta in Swordfish or the diner conversation in Reservoir Dogs). The topics are only loosely related to the story, but very compelling and intriguing. I like really descriptive fiction. You could start with a quick rundown of the assassin doing his preassassination ritual, mantra, or routine. This can add confusion (good) and create suspense as to what is actually going to happen. Just a few ideas, good luck!
What do you think of my story?
If you're only fourteen, you need to never stop writing. Ever. Here's my two cents; this is a great piece of fiction for a lot of reasons. It has excellent grammar and spelling. The syntax is very engaging. Your vocabulary is admirable and you do a great job of using strong, descriptive, smaller words instead of trying to use bigger fancy ones. Since I don't believe in ever giving just negative or just positive criticism, I have to try and find some sort of thing I think needs fixing, so on and so forth. But really, all I have is this. --First, reading this brought several images to my mind. Eragon, a bit of Harry Potter, Willow (old movie), and some more. I would caution you to be careful with how you proceed as you don't want to appear to be copying those or make it too clichéd. However, I know that is not your intention, and that you probably plan on taking the story in a different direction entirely. So, that's not really an issue. --Second, the only part that pulled me away from the story was the basket. In the beginning it says the woman is carrying a bundle. The mental picture I got was just a bunch of blankets wrapped around the baby, but then suddenly there was this basket and I began wondering where it came from. Aside from those two relatively minor things, I am impressed with your skill. I also cannot give enough praise to the following sentence: "For in her arms lay a beautiful child, with hair as black as the night itself, and skin as bright as the moon." For some reason that sentence really stood out to me and it's just great. The contrast between dark and light, but using two inseparable objects... It's genius and paints a very vivid and captivating image in the readers' minds. Very well done. Your plot sounds very classic and engaging. (Just so you're aware, when I say cliché it's typically not a good thing, but classic is like a cliché that's good.) Finally, just out of curiosity, is Mel short for anything or is her name just Mel? Thanks for the good read. Hope this helps, and best of luck!
What do you think of the start of my story? (more improved)?
Like the first answerer stated; there are several grammatical errors .. but nothing a little bit of editing can't fix, right? For now, it's not a huge problem. As I read this, I feel like I'm missing some key information. Of course, this is generally normal at the beginning of a book, and is what urges us to read on. A prologue would be helpful, though. It's not bad. I would certainly continue reading -- which I don't find myself thinking very often after reading an excerpt on Yahoo, to be frank. It's pretty good. Although, like I mentioned earlier; a little editing can go a long way. But, really, if this is just your first draft, editing isn't very important. You can always come back and polish it, so don't stall too much time on perfecting the beginning. Good luck with it. :}