how do u start a story?

i suggest writing a story map first. Or just planning out events. It works pretty well. Or if you don't wanna do that, just start off with talking.

It starts with a character or an image, for me. Once I see him/her I just write. Don't worry about anything, just get the feel for the story. Just let my character do the talking and my story usually goes from there. The main point is just getting the ideas down...

This style works great for flash fiction or short stories.

I either start a story with dialogue or setting up a setting.

One by one, each finger letting go, threating to let me fall 100 meters to the pit of my death...

When I start a story on the first chapter, sometimes it's difficult to explain any backround information about the plot, storyline, or characters. In that case, I would most likely type a before-hand article-- or a "Introduction" to the story while taking time to "introduce" the characters and or facts about them.

When I begin the first article, I usually start with a quote or a "hook" to draw the reader in.

Ex.: "My legs were aching in pulsing waves as I swiftly crunched through the autumn leaves blanketed across the ground.
"You can't run forever," a screeching voice yowled in the lonely, black distance behind me. "We're coming for you!"
I huffed harder trying to escape the territory. The gigantic full moon was almost completely covered by clouds with only a few specks of white light shining upon the ground. As soon as I was outside of the enemy line, I continued sprinting toward my lands as fast as my short legs could take me. To my horror, still, lifeless bodies scattered the area. I scanned through them with my heart pounding, finally able to find my mother with a large bleeding gash on her side. I kneeled on the moist ground and grabbed her hand as my tears plopped onto her stomach. When she saw me, she smiled.
"Kitsune..." my mother mumbled, weakly and slowly taking my hand as well.
"Mother!" I exclaimed with a clogged throat.
"I leave the Aki tribe to you..."
"No! Mother! There is no one left! I'm alone! I'm scared! Don't leave!"
"I must leave..."
"No!" My eyes tightened shut and I gripped her freezing hand harder, quivering from the bitter cold with more tears rolling down my freckled cheeks.
"Take care of our people... and... don't let the legend die..." she said hoarsely, and her hand thumped limply to the ground.

And then I woke up.

I usually first write the middle part and everything I have already in mind. After that I write the end and at last I write the intro...
maybe a bit weird XD

I just put down whatever comes to mine

find a passion and develop it to a character

well it depends on ur story mine atarts "hello my name is bond, james bond. Not really but sometimes i wish i was james bond hes life is less dangerous then mine but im getting ahead oh my self my name is sparks, drew sparks" yeah ik i have no punctuation i dont feel like putting it in right now

If I want to write, I just write down a sentence. After that one little sentence, the rest of the story just comes out and it's really easy.

First choose a plot (All story's need a GOOD one) ,character personality's and looks (People need to know how they act and look),time period and settings once that's done choose names-If you have trouble with that ask for help everyone on this spot are good with them.Then a format (Hand written or typed on a computer).

Hope I helped

If you already have an idea what your story is about, just start with it, even if the first sentences are stupid. The more you write, the easier it will be and you can edit the beginning later. So don´t think to much about how to start, otherwise you may get disappointed that the beginning is not immediately as perfect as you imagined it.
When I started writing stories, this was exactly my problem: That I expected to much of myself. You can´t imagine how long it took me to write a half page because I edited each sentence maybe five times or more! It´s much more fun and also much more faster just to write down what´s in your head, sometimes even this sentences are the best because they aren´t normally as complicated and boring as the words that you thought hours of how to start writing them.
So just start in the story at a point that is easy to write about or that you already have in your head like a video clip. E.g. you can start with the thoughts of the main character or an action scene or two people argueing.

I hope this will help you!!

I have a lot of trouble with this sometimes, too. Normally, I open up my dream journal ('cause that's where most of my books come from) and pick out a dream that sounds good and relevant to the plot and build off of how my dream started out. If it wasn't a book that I dreamed up, then I think of my plot I have so far and think of a relevant way to slowly bring in readers. Most of the time, I start it out with a question or a conversation.

Starting with a question:

Why do things always have to be this way? Why can't I just, for once, feel loved by my family? Do they not care?


Starting with a conversation:

“Hey, Dahlia,” my twin sister Grace said, holding up a bright pink shirt “what about this one? Guys will be tripping over their own feet for you if you wore this!”I groaned. Why was Grace so obsessed with pink? Not only was the shirt pink, but it was cut low, too, and really ugly. And not the way we needed to be making ourselves look at our new school. Honestly, I didn’t think that Grace and I were related, we acted so different. “It looks like it needs a pair of hooker boots to go with it,” I said. Grace scoffed. “Its really hard to shop with you,you know.”

When you're starting with a conversation, it'll usually be a longer way to start it.

I don't. I usually start in the middle of the story, and have someone help me to write the beginning.

It could be once upon a time to When he heard the clock tick he.. You could just leap into the story or Make a starting

i always start with a quote of some sort.....

I usually have a hard time with story beginnings as well. But you can't go wrong with an action scene or some dialouge. It hooks the readers since the first page! :D (This was a story in working on)


"Mother, please!" begged the girl. "Send me to the Space-Time Witch. I'll make him pay!"

Tears formed on her pale face, her white hair shrouded her coral eyes. She hugged her slowly dying mother. Her mother placed her hand on her daughter's cheek.

"Kaiyo, is this really what you want?" she asked "Don't you want to think it over?"

"I already have. Father, he-he attacked you mother. He did it with all of his power. I'll bring him back, and make sure that he will be punished."

"Kaiyo, he's your father." said her mother

"He may be my father, but you know he never loved me. Never."

"Kaiyo….." the wounded woman started to cough blood.

"Mother!"

"I'm f-fine. If you really wish to go, I'll send you."

"But princess Kaiyo!" yelled a nearby guard. "Your father will flee at the sight of you. He's very powerful, you know."

"I've already though that through, Daisuke." she said. "I want you to stay with my mother though."

"But-"

"That's an order." she gave him a faint smile "I'll be back."

well i collect on what i think on my mind that's perfect to make a story