i need to know how to start a story i have a paper coming up and i need to write a story?

Question

i know what i am going to write about just dont know how to start it and keep then on the egde of there seat wanting more

it is about 2 vampires and they fall in love later on so its a horror/love story

Answer 1

ask a question about the topic or write in dialogue.

Answer 2

I don't know the full extent of your paper, but you can always start your story by asking a question, leading into your story. For ex:

Why would anyone in their right mind want to go into that rickety old mansion? It has always been off limits. It sits back a good 50 yards from a narrow, stony road. The willow trees drape their strands of branches around it as if to protect it from the evils within.

Remember to end your story answering the question you began it with. Hope this helps give you some ideas. Good luck!

Answer 3

The first two paragraphs should be so packed with description...and somewhat ambiguous so that the reader is taken in and want to continue reading to see what this story is really going to be about. I like abstract descriptions.

Look around you and describe something in detail.

The large leaves on the trees swayed and shook in the wind, casting shadows like hands moving over the short manicured lawn. (Add Character here and describe him)...was the caretaker here and walked slowly around the dark grounds looking for anything amiss and bending painstakingly, and yet frequently in the shadows to pick up trash buried among the dead, hand shaped leaves.

Although an old man, far beyond retirement years, he took great pride in the care and maintenance of this area as his wife had been buried there 30 years before and he remembered her fondly. (Interesting Name Here) could not tolorate trash blowing across her buried remains...(Maybe describe wife and early relationships as its the evening of Valentine's Day, for petes sake!)

I could go on and on, editing and fooling around but that is your job...just use descriptions of the setting and characters. Describe the tree, the weather, the grass, the house, the land scape and send a person, animal or other character tripping along at random...describe them well and mysteriously if this is supposed to be a horror/mystery/love story.

So far my example is juvenile and not well thought out..it needs some serious modifications but it could get you started as a rough draft.

Good luck and enjoy...

Answer 4

Start the story with the mystery part of it. Something that will make the reader want to find out the answer to by reading the story. Ex: Ask a question that is answered at the end of the story.

Answer 5

There is no one right answer to your question and with out knowing the story it is impossible to answer.

For instance is your story is action packed maybe you need to ease them into it.

If your story has a lot of cultural color, then just let that color bleed from the get go.

Maybe you need to start with traumatic event if it is short and the story is mainly after the fact.

The best advice for the question i can give is to write the introduction last. You will find that it is much easier to do so in that order.

Answer 6

How about if you begin right before the end of the story. Tell it all in flashback. Here you go: How did I get myself into this predicament? I never thought I would find myself (describe the situation). Yes, it started so innocently...... Then tell the story. Come back to the present moment and have one more very exciting thing happen to end the story. Got it? Go get it!!!!

Answer 7

to make a story really engrossing, write it beginning to end, then cut out part of the beginning, starting the reader in the middle of the story. Most of the fluff people like to start story's with is totally unnecessary and bogs a story down.

Answer 8

You need to decide on which person you are writing in. If it is first person I would start out with dialog and 3rd person start off with narration. Outline the story in advance and then just start writing and keep going ubtil you finish. Then go back and make your revisions.

Answer 9

Sigh - how do expect anyone to help you with an opening, unless you tell us what the story is about? Unless you want a strictly generic opening like

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Four shots ripped into my groin, and I was off on the greatest adventure of my life.

But first, let me tell you a little about myself...."

Answer 10

I had no idea, that the experience I am about to describe would be etched in my mind forever. OR: One would think, two lost souls on a mission of death would find nothing but love.

Answer 11

Since you know what you are going to write about, it is a good idea to start with an outline. That way you will be able to break your topic down so that your story will flow and make sense.

Example:

I. Opening
A.__________
B.__________
C.__________

II. Middle (Body)
A.__________
B.__________
C.__________

III. Closing (Conclusion)
A.__________
B.__________
C.__________

If you plug your key points into the outline you will be able to see exactly where things should go and how they will sound once you put them in paragraph form.