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writers! over here!
the thing is, i need to write a story but i don't know how to really start it. anybody got any ideas? please and thank you!
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"To write well, one must write about what they know."
Write about your own life experiences. If you have lived it, you obviously know it quite well, and can write about it in full detail. Remember, you can exaggerate your life to make it more exciting if you have to.
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my advice is to start off with something momentous to set the mood of the story. if you have a really bomb begining, then people will keep reading it. just make sure you keep adding surprise that keeps the reader interested...
goodluck!
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First things first:
What are you writing about?
Is it a fiction, non-fiction,historical, fantasy, horror, mystery, action, manga, etc.
What do YOU want to write about? Do you want to write a dramatic story, humorous, random, fighting, etc.
Get a notebook or just a simple piece of paper and write down whatever topic appeals to you. Do you want a love story? If so, who are your characters going to be? How are they going to meet? Is it going to be a happy ending or a sad ending or an ending that wants to make the readers scream "WHY DID YOU DO THAT!"??? How are you going to write the story so that it ends in the manner you want it to end? What are the problems that characters may face? How are they going to solve them?
For me, it really helps if I write down a bunch of ideas. From there, I'll look through and pick out one that appeals to me the most or something I can really write about. Then I do sort of a beginning and end brainstorming (don't worry, this can all change as you write!). I think, "Well, this is how it's going to start off...then this is how it's going to end." Then I do a general "outline" of what's going to happen, how it's going to get to the end sort of thinking. Then I do research on topics I may have questions about while writing whether it's a historical context or something about adoption or pregnancy, etc. THEN depending on the "outline" you made for your story, you pick which PoV is going to be the easiest/best way to write it in: first person, third person limited, or third person omniscient. Then I decide...is it going to be chapterless, filled with chapters, diary format, telling the past through flashbacks or dreams, starting from that past point as like a memory/story telling by a character, or start at that "past" as the present, going back and forth between characters who tell the story, etc.
This is overwhelming so here's the basics of story writing:
1.Brainstorm ideas you want to write about.
2.Pick an idea that appeals to you the most from the list you made.
3.Think of a general beginning and ending.
4.Make an outline of how you're going to get from the beginning to the ending (it really helps if you have in mind certain events you want the story to have/write about).
5.Make a story outline:
a. Character (describe all your characters as much or as little as you want)
b. Plot
c. Events (in the order you want them to appear)
d. Setting (time, place, etc.)
e. Notes (anything relating to the story you have/researched).
6. Research anything that might be useful/will be useful for you to write the story to fill in the "notes" section of your story outline.
7. From what you have so far, decide how your story will be told (1st person, 3rd person, diary, narration, past/present dream, thinking back, having more than one character telling the story, an outside observer telling the story, etc. Be creative!)
We cannot give you ideas. It's your story, you should write about something you thought of that you like =)
If you want other people to read your stories/poems and give you constructive criticism so you can improve, visit storywrite.com It's the best site ever.
Good luck!
Emily
16/f
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Have you tried doing a brain dump?
Just you and a blank piece of paper and writing down whatever comes out of your head. Any thought at all. Like literally a blank piece, no lines. That way you can scribble any way you want.
cheers,
stargirl
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