This has been really hard. The main character is a repressed individual. He managed to get more money than he can handle illegally somehow and...
Once I read this opening, I really realized I couldn't top it. [IMG]
Honestly, I don't really have a clue what to write next after the first chapter. The genre would definitely be YA, but a little dark. The novel...
Name the film from which the opening frame is taken. First answer confirmed by asker gets to set new question. Nothing too obscure, please. The...
Hello Writing-Community, Do you also think to use dialogue or describe a setting to open a story is boring? I mean those technique to hook the...
Anyone heard of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest? If you haven't, here's a little blurb from the website: Since 1982 the English Department at...
The opening will be of John Charling sitting in his study preparing for a service. As he turns the pages of his bible he turns to a certain verse...
"When I finally caught up with Abraham Trahearne, he was drinking beer with an alcoholic bulldog named Fireball Roberts in a ramshackle joint just...
In my story, I'm trying to set up an entire fantasy universe. I know that I don't need to explain everything about the world and should be...
hi, i'm aeterna! i love music, writing, and the internet and recently in my english class my teacher gave me an assignment to write a story. most...
Okay so a friend just gave me an idea. Because a piece I submitted work on here, got a lot of feedback about not opening on action. So the thing...
Ok so I have two possible ways of starting my story. 1. The main character is informed by police that his friend has gone missing, he and his...
('Never' isn't an acceptable answer, btw.) So, I kiiind of knew that beginning a novel with someone waking up was cliche. I quickly confirmed...
I recently posted a thread asking how you think a good way to start a novel is. I shall now continue that trend in this thread. This will be...
I find writing around characters quite daunting at times because I cannot always be thinking ways of figuring the hero from the none and so on. so...
He stepped into the cold, dark hall with a ruffle of his hair. A wind from the east blew through the cracked and damage cathedral and swam through...
Hi All If i want the LOCATION, MONTH, DAY and YEAR to fade in as a text during the opening of a scene, how would I formate/write it?...
Do you have any favorite openings to stories or novels? Do you have any that you like, that you have written? My most recent opening, that I...
So I saw there was a thread about what makes you put a book down and I have to say, I heartily agree with just about everything everyone said...
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