Once upon a....you know what, forget this cliche starter!
1. Start Off With Someone Saying Something!
This would be what my annoying language art teacher called a "Grabber." Get the readers attention 의해 introducing a character through dialouge. For example;
"Hey Caleb, do 당신 need a ride?" Caleb 모건 turned to see his friend Chikara Wang cruising beside him in his car. Chikara was really the only one of his 프렌즈 who knew how to drive. He himself was stuck walking.
"Sure, why not?" He climbed into the passenger side beside him.
2. The Good 'Ol 설명 Scene!
Every now and then, we come across the decription scene. A paragraph of "It was a bright and sunny morning. Birds were chirping in the sky." While it's not my 가장 좋아하는 way to go, some people manage to make it work. Try describing the town 또는 where the story takes place, 또는 the building your characters are currently in. School? Thier house? The bowling alley?
3. The "Code Red" Alert!
Try to get the reader's attention 의해 saying something urgent. For example, in Maximum Ride, the main chacter, Max, starts off 의해 saying your lives are in danger if 당신 don't read her book. The book is about a group of children who were genetic experiments. So if your trying to breach to a teen/pre-teen audience, it really hits close to home. I wanted to include the opening on this 기사 but I couldn't find it. Poo! Many times, these "Code Reds" could be used as prolouges.
4. The Action Scene!
The action scene. It's a part of the story where something really big is happening. Usually a battle 또는 major drama. Take the first chapter of Maximum Ride for instance!
The funny thing about facing imminent death is that it really snaps everything else into perspective. Take right now, for instance.
Run! Come on, run! 당신 know 당신 can do it.
I gulped deep lungfuls of air. My brain was on hyperdrive; I was racing for my life. My one goal was to escape. Nothing else mattered.
My arms being scratched to ribbons 의해 a briar I’d run through? No biggie.
My bare feet hitting every sharp rock, rough root, pointed stick? Not a problem.
My lungs aching for air? I could deal.
As long as I could put as much distance as possible between me and the Erasers.
Yeah, Erasers. Mutants: half-men, half-wolves, usually armed, always bloodthirsty. Right now they were after me.
See? That snaps everything into perspective.
Run. You’re faster than they are. 당신 can outrun anyone.
The Dream Sequence!
Now, picture that same scene above and picture the next. Max sitting upright in her bed. It was all a dream. The dream sequence is commonly used in today's media. 당신 see it all the time in 텔레비전 and movies. It could also be used to start off the 초 chapter!
5. Introduce The Character!
Another way to start off, introduce your characters. This way the reader will get a first hand experience of what your characters are like, and maybe gain a little 더 많이 information about them.
Do your Own Thing!
It's always important to do your own thing, no matter what other people think. Your story. Your mind. Your imagination. Nothing in my silly little 기사 should tell 당신 how to write correctly. It's merely here to give 당신 ideas. There's no right 또는 wrong way to write a story.
With this last little word of encouragement...I bid 당신 farwell. Happy writing:)
