Starting a story.

[Shinn]

Well, for me starting a story is toughest. Once I have the first few sentances down the rest just seems to roll out on its own.
Any advice for starting a brand new story?

[Keo]

Pick a sentence.
A Random completely whimsical sentence.

Like say:

The birds flew around the trees, wondering where they should make their nest as a young girl sat and watched them from the grass.

And go from there.

Or start wth somethign that will just grab you. Example:

The sound of the bone snapping within it's cocoon of flesh was almost sickening to everyone who heard it.



Did that help? Or did I Sound way to stuck up and like a know-it-all? >> I didn't mean to come off as such, so if I did I'm sorry.

[Shinn]

No no, dont worry about it! That was good advice, and I think Ill be trying it out tonight!

[Baby Doll]

Depends on what type of story you want to write. If you have a certain story in mind, that's the first step. Second step is to walk around all day with a pen and pad to jot down ideas you randomly get.

[Shinn]

Originally Posted by Ankh

Depends on what type of story you want to write. If you have a certain story in mind, that's the first step. Second step is to walk around all day with a pen and pad to jot down ideas you randomly get.

Thats another great idea. I used to do that with a small pad of paper because I get so many ideas while out walking around, lol.
Thanks Ankh

[All-St4r]

just write down all your ideas, then at the end of the day the one that sticks out the most to you would be a good starting point.

[twilight]

well think of ideas have a good imagine bout what you goin to write and have fun with it

[Fortunato]

Me, I like to have a fully developed idea before going into actual writing. It's far easier to write down the story of something that already exists in your head; I'll write character biographies, pre-story histories, define terms, name people and places, etc. before even starting the actual writing. I also have an ending in mind before I start, so that I can always stay focused on where I'm going.

[Shinn]

Originally Posted by Bunneh

Me, I like to have a fully developed idea before going into actual writing. It's far easier to write down the story of something that already exists in your head; I'll write character biographies, pre-story histories, define terms, name people and places, etc. before even starting the actual writing. I also have an ending in mind before I start, so that I can always stay focused on where I'm going.

Thats what I ended up doing this time. Ive started writing and cant wait to finish. Its almost like a movie playing through my head as I write, lol.

[FireWrath]

You should just figure out what you want the story to be about, or what you want the moral of the story to turn out, and go from there. If you have an idea, it shouldn't be too hard to start it off, and if you need a bit of help on that, you'll get plenty of advice here. If you just want to write something, but have no idea what, I suggest you just start writing. Go with something like, "The man was getting closer and closer by the second," or "So there we were, sitting by the broken down car." More often than not, a simple sentence like that will develop into a story, or at least how the characters got where they are.

Another thing you may want to try is just write about a past experience, and because it happened to you, you'll already know the story behind it, so all you have to do is tweak it up a bit. Say you have a scar on your nose, tell the story how you got it with a few extra details and possibly characters. When you're done with that, think what would happen next if it was a movie that you were watching for the very first time.

Hope that's any help.