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Hi everyone this is prob the first time ive posted something besides a small comment for around the 5 years ive used the site
and since ive enjoyed this site immensely and all the good stories posted here i thought i would try and contribute alitle buuuut
i am terrible at starting of a story so i would really like it if someone had the heart to help me out with the beginning of mine :)
so if any way interested please pm me thanks alot peeps <3
just woke up but had to post it before i wen ´t out so sorry for all the spelling and gramma mistakes :P
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Starting a story
There are oodles of ways to start a story, but it's often useful to start off a day or two before anything significant happens, to introduce the protagonist and family life. Give us a slice of their daily routine (waking up, having breakfast, going to school / work etc.) while also giving us occasional insights into their thoughts.
Once we've got an idea of who / where / when they are, then the plot can kick in.
The exact nature of the set up may vary a lot depending on the genre of the story and the protagonist's reactions to the changes ahead. If the character's TG (whether or not they realise it at the time!), then their thoughts are probably just as important (if not more so) than their daily routine. If it's a transformation story, then you can concentrate less on their thoughts and more on the chain of events leading up to the transformation itself.
As the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only left-handers are in their right mind!
trouble with a starting...
I recently read this piece of advice from author Terry Brooks and I really think it may be relevant to you. He has a piece on his site titled 'ask terry' where he answers fan questions once a month.
Have delightfully devious day,
Well, Dwangfryr,
I am positive that you will get all the help that you need. Listen to what they say. Good luck.
May Your Light Forever Shine
It sounds to me..:
...that rather than wanting advice, you want someone to start a story for you which you can finish.
I don't know whether you've done that before, but that seems like very hard work to me. Getting to the ending with your own stories is a pretty big challenge - to do it with someone else's almost impossible!
The very first part of my stories start with an idea, along with the thought, "Wouldn't that be fun!"
I'll probably spend a couple of days with that idea buzzing around my head, obsessing my thoughts, but also in which I think through where the plot is going, and a very rough idea of how it gets there. Then I'll start writing, and hopefully my characters carry the story along.
For example, in my latest story, String of Sighs, I had the basic idea - an all-girls string quartet with a missing member, along with a convenient brother, and a love quadrangle. I had a good idea of the ending, but the rest just happened as it went along.
So my suggestion is to let your mind wander about the thing you find interesting and which you'd like to write about until an interesting idea pops out. Then think some more about it and see whether there's a story there.
One final thing is to start the story with action or dialogue, keep that going so the reader is drawn along, and can't put down the story, and finish with a gasp. Avoid background stuff like the plague. If you think that is really important, you can slip in an odd sentence here and there.
Good luck
Charlotte