Opinions everyone?

Question

I am currently working on a sci-fi novel that takes place in a city state (Santa Fe) about 2009 years from now (4016) It's about a group of some Nobles' 19 year old daughters and other people being hunted down by a communist agency, at the same time they discover evidence of a secret society working on a resurrection project. I am pretty good with the writing itself, but am having some major difficulty introducing the story in a "non-boring" fashion. Any opinions or suggestions?

Answer 1

Well the first part of a story does a lot to set the tone and pacing. From your plot description, it sounds like you have a thriller brewing, so my advice would be to start with a scene that is mysterious and intriguing, i.e. an unknown, shady character is described moving through a questionable area (a good time to introduce your setting as well). You would be vague and misleading about this person, revealing only a very little. This is a good time for 'mysterious' imagery such as odd or forboding weather and strange occurances (a door opens slowly by itself, a still item somehow drops to the floor) as these will build a sense of mystery and can also be used to imply a symbolism that will later reveal itself (in the example of the fallen object, a sudden, drastic change of unnatural sort would be symbolised).
If you are going for more of an action flavor, I would do something similar to the above, but let up on the 'mystery' a bit, perhaps having this vague figure sneaking about trying to lose some pursuer, the narrative dancing between tense evasion and ponderous mystery.
Also, it's always a good rule of them to "show" rather than "tell" whenever possible. I.E. "He was very angry." is less interesting than "His jaw clenched tight, his blood growing hot."
My final bit of advice is specific to sci-fi, and a problem I have with many novels/stories of the genre. Do not lose sense that the core of every story, regardless of genre style or theme, is human interaction, and the endless facets of our strange and wonderful race. Many sci-fi novels lose themselves in tech, grandeur, and complexity, forgetting that character is really the central element of most writing. This applies even if your characters are robotic or otherworldly or whatever, for we still can do nothing but characterize them as aspects of ourselves and our own existence.
Anyhow, just a few ideas that occured to me, hope this helps, good luck with your story!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

check out this book 1984 by gorge orwell its a guys perdiction of the future back in the day, and sounds like you got the same idea.

try a clif hanger like not real parents and causes tragedy or gov. takes over (big brother)

Answer 4

start with a more intriguing part of the novel of of chronilogical order for the narrative hook then flash back to the beginning its an overused trick but it works. if there is no real intriguing part of the book yor screwed anyway

Answer 5

yeah , wright you'r self in getting crushed....

Answer 6

You need monsters.... definitely monsters....