Someone asked me the other day: a good beginning of a story can always attract readers, but what if I can’t write a good beginning?
There are many answers of course, but the simplest one is to write an introductory beginning. Start your story with an introductory beginning that comes straight to the summary of the story. Tell readers who the protagonist is, what his name is, what his identity is, where he comes from, and what situation he is in…
Simply let readers know who and how the protagonist is. If readers need to know his current situation, then provide more information in this regard. For example, describe the environment where he is in a few words and present all that readers are supposed to know.
When this summary is introduced, the opening chapter of the story is done automatically. Then, listen to your mind and unfold the developments of the story.
However, this kind of introductory beginning is usually unattractive per se, unless the author is writing about a particularly new subject.
This kind of introductory beginning is a successful lead-in to the story, but it is not good enough to attract readers, which is an important task. If the body part of the story follows it immediately and is written in the same foreshadowing way, the story will be fairly boring.
Therefore, if we expect our story to have a good result, we should not be so anxious as to pave the way and develop the story hastily. Instead, we should think more about what we can use to attract readers.
If no special idea comes to your mind, try a plot or a description that is as novel as possible. This is a panacea. For example, we may render the protagonist into a predicament immediately and let him accomplish something upon a flash of wit that helps him with level-up.
Then, he may rely on his sudden empowerment, as well as his extraordinary knowledge and skills, to play tricks on his enemies. That would be a small climax.
What needs to be done is done now, and it’s time to continue the story stably. We then may start the body part of the story through a lead-in or the foreshadowing technique.
What do you think? Any ideas to share with us?
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