i need help starting a story?

Question

now im not an author
im writing a story for a class and i cant start the story
should i create an outline? or whatever them bubble things are called?
and if so, how do you create them ahah
its been awhile
the story is going to be 3 chapters (it only has to be a total of 7 pages long, double spaced)
chapter one is going be in like 150 years or so when the climate change is going to more significant and people are like moving away from the coast and ect
chapter two is going to be like 30 years further into the problem where some politician(s) are going to try to fix the problem but of course go about it the wrong way
the final chapter will be some scientists fixing the problem the politicians made and the overall problem by creating a carbon sink or something,
i dont know, im still working on the details and have a lot more research to do
but the dead line is right around the corner and i need to at least start this
any help on how i could go about doing this would be amazing

Answer 1

Zombies, kimchee, lemmings, Arby's, A secret kept in Jimbo's pants... and 80's music.

There... You can forward the royalty checks to The Bearded One...

Answer 2

Yes, I think you should take some time to write an outline--it doesn't have to be one of those bubble things, just a timeline sort of listing so your story flows logically. You might have to simplify your story or tell only one aspect of it because seven pages double-spaced isn't really very long (even though it sounds like it when you get the assignment!) Maybe focus on just one part of the big story--like how the move inland affects one person or family.

Also figure out back stories for the main characters (even if you don't use them) and think about how you picture them. Now, look at your time line and find an interesting point to sort of jump into--some sort of crisis--and use a flashback (one character's memory or an older person telling a child about "the old days"; old newspaper, DVD, etc.) to explain the events leading up to it.

Make sure to pace your story well, i.e., don't tell your story at one pace then, when you see that you have written six pages, cram the last 20 years of your story into three paragraphs. Use the time line to spread the story out evenly.

Have someone else read your story before you turn in in to be sure you have included enough details to explain your characters' actions and to see that you haven't made any glaring logical errors like having a guy die on page two and reappear on page 5. that means you have to finish it well before your deadline.

Good luck!

Answer 3

The horror author Clive Barker might start up some short memories with a variety of poetic introduction, placing the scene, the season, the feel of the era etc. So an trouble-free poem, giving clues to the tale forward would help, it doesnt would desire to be complicated or fancy. you ought to even take an previous nursery rhyme and re-artwork it to start your tale, as long as that's correct, with some dots on the top, like this... ...commencing sentence after poem starts off like this. possibly that's a theory in somebody's head. Or the poem above springing to ideas of the guy you're approximately to jot down approximately.

Answer 4

Try the old and tried one. "The Discovered Manuscript." The scientists discover a manuscript from old times telling of the politicians' attempts to fix things. The scientists realize why everything went wrong and resolve to do do things right. The scientists realize that the carbon sink is the answer to everything.

Answer 5

Now all you have to do is sit down take youre moment,put your self in through time and maybe start like this,''In every good there is a bad we enjoyed the rides in our cars but did not care the repercussions that we would get from there fumes and gases,enjoyed the food but didn't care what we were puting in them like fertilizers unfortunately all that you are thinking of right now has all simply shrinked to this..................''Hope i have helped you .

Answer 6

Yes, you should most definitely begin with character studies and an outline. It will help you organize your thoughts and the events in your story. Pax - C