I am writing a story and I am not pleased with the beginging I want more ways to start off a story than with "once upon a time..." or "There once was a ...." Can anyone please help me out? It will be greatly appriciated, thank-you.
2007-02-27 03:55:27 · 6 answers · asked by Hayley L. 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I fret over an opening line more than any other part of a story.
I usually like to start with some kind of action statement regarding one or my main characters. Say something like:
"Joe Smith lowered the newspaper he was reading and looked across the breakfast table at his wife."
Hopefully it peaks the reader's interest so that they want to know more about Joe Smith and why he is interrupting his perusal of the morning paper to look at his wife.
Sometimes you just have to leave the opening line or opening paragraph and simply start writing and see where the best place is to begin your story.
2007-02-27 04:09:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
From writer to writer, all those beginnings are either cliché or just tired. Here's the best way to start a story: sit down and write what comes naturally. If you don't like it, forget about it until later. Just press on until you're done writing, then go back and revise. Lather, rinse, repeat. I hate beginnings too. But, I hear they're not as hard as endings...
2007-02-27 12:28:07 · answer #2 · answered by jcspiritseternal430 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
From the heart.
Start writing a scene from the middle of the story... Sometimes the middle can end up the beginning.. Try it, you'll find out for yourself what I mean.
2007-02-27 11:59:36 · answer #3 · answered by Kiara 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I agree totally with jcspirits... when its written, you'll understand the entire journey and go back and tweak the starting point. I know there's a lot of pressure to "hook" readers, agents, publishers, etc. And I don't want to downplay the beginning's importance...stick with it. You know that story better than anyone!
2007-02-27 13:04:44 · answer #4 · answered by geehaw 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Go striahgt in to it like the big problem that is going to happen in the story say somebody gets run over for example say ' And before i knew it she was lying on the floor, like she was dead, nothing else left to her ' and then say Hi my names (Any Name) and im going to tell you about the day my best friend almost died.
2007-02-27 12:08:02 · answer #5 · answered by C h a r r 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
So, I knew this guy who knew this guy who knew this guy who knew this guy who saw a _____________.
2007-02-27 11:58:12 · answer #6 · answered by nicoleblingy2003 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋