I am tryin to write a book. I know what it is going to be about, but I don't know how to start it off. Can you help me?
2006-09-03 09:25:37 · 16 answers · asked by Gavin M 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
DO NOT say the following: It was a dark and stormy night...once upon a time...or it was just a day like any other, cause those are what everyone starts with; that's the story beginning stereotype, if you will. Start like no one else would start. Start the story in the middle of a huge battle, or a significant confrontation, like a foretelling of the future, THEN say something like "12 years earlier...". I usually start my stories by describing a key location/setting in the story, or by starting the story off in the middle of a significant event/confrontation.
2006-09-03 09:31:55 · answer #1 · answered by Display Name 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I think rather than starting the book from the beginning, you should start writing the book from the end. You may ask, what on earth is this woman saying!? Starting a book from the end is preposterous, and the worst oxymoron I've ever heard! And yet, I will respond, and say, that nothing is preposterous. See, my view of writing stories, is to gather your ideas, and think the story through before you even pick up your pencil. Dream of your story from beginning to end, so your mind is a blueprint for a perfect book. Don't start writing the final copy with your first try! Instead, jot down your ideas, before they escape your memory. For example:the characters, the plot, the setting, etc. With that start, write the end of the story so you can almost build backwards to the beginning. The benefit of this method is that you know where everything is going to end up. Everything will work together in harmony and make up the most enjoyable book ever.
Good luck, and happy writing!
2006-09-03 09:40:42 · answer #2 · answered by ♠♠♠ 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Start in the middle. Choose the scene or moment in the story that is the most exciting to you. Then just start writing from there. Then, after you're done with that, go back and write the scenes that lead up to it.
2006-09-03 10:18:21 · answer #3 · answered by dark_phoenix 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Start by setting up the setting and gradually revealing the characters and the plot. Of course, each author has their own style; I personally like to start off with dialogue between characters.
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2006-09-03 09:36:53 · answer #4 · answered by Aimers 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'd have to know what it is about to give you ideas for a cue line...
The best line I've ever read was: How couldn't I have not know him. if I was the one who killed him.
Or follow Snoppy's tradition and begin with "It was a dark and stormy night"
2006-09-03 09:56:42 · answer #5 · answered by smrtcu111 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Set the scene. Describe where the characters are, what they're doing. Maybe begin it with some dialogue.
2006-09-03 09:28:53 · answer #6 · answered by Cina 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Straining against my bonds, I heard her voice before I could see her.
Blood still ran into my eyes from the blow to my head. Just trying to shake the cobwebs from my mind, it hurt!
"I've wanted you, now I have you", she said.
2006-09-03 09:37:51 · answer #7 · answered by wrathofkublakhan 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
you don"t start one off . You begin. Introduction is the beginning
2006-09-03 09:29:48 · answer #8 · answered by .................................... 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It was a dark and stormy night...
Once upon a time...
In the beginning...
It was a day just like any other day...
2006-09-03 09:27:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Have someone else start it up (and title it).
2006-09-03 09:27:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋