how do you just start tying like writing a story?

Answer 1

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Try to come up with a main character for your story. Write down a description - male, female, eye color, etc. etc.

Then take this character and imagine then in some odd place or scenario – anything goes! Write down ideas on what would have to happen to your character or how they would react to the scenario you placed them in.

You can do this for multiple characters if you like.

This may seem futile, but it will help you flesh out some characters and give you insight into what you may want to happen to this type of character in a potential story. You may even come up with multiple story lines!

Strong well crafted main characters can inspire readers to love your story as well as drive you to write a great story for these imagined beings to be in! :-)

Answer 2

Usually a writer goes into writing a story with at least a good idea of the theme. The beginning needs to hook the reader into wanting to know more about the what that theme is. Start by planning whether or not your story is a short story, or is long like a novel. That will help you pace how much you give to the reader from the beginning. Make sure your main character is well developed in the first couple of pages and leave the reader seeking to turn to the next page. If the reader is not fully engaged in the first couple of pages, he is likely not to want to finish reading. So keep your intro on target, and detailed enough that the reader feels informed but still thirsting for more. I guess that is what you are looking for? The question is kind of vague

Answer 3

It depends on who you are and how you like to write. For instance many books will tell you that a good way to start is brainstorming and then writing a plot outline. The problem with that is that you need to know absolutely what is gonna happen and how everything ends. You can also just start by getting some ideas down and then expanding on them and the events of the story. I personally just kind of start to write, and let the plot take its course while i go. Then i go back and rewrite everything or at least edit for more consistancy. The biggest key to everything is know your story in every concievable way. You have to be the expert on your characters, your plot, your settings, and have to be able to describe them and keep them consistant or you'll have massive plot holes.

Answer 4

Start with something you know, (Herman Melville happened to know a lot about the whaling industry). Then think of a single ringing point, something that puts you ahead of every other story, such as the exploratory feel of the Harry Potter books or Sherlock Holmes's theories of deduction or Star Trek's adventures in space theme. Think about the characters, then the ending, and then begin the story, adding plot twists along the way. It's a fun way to write a story, since you have the joy of creating it while being yourself entertained and suprised by where it goes.