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Q&A How do you drop a reader in the middle of nowhere at the beginning of a story?

My story begins with a little girl waking up in a creepy and probably very haunted house in the middle of nowhere. She has no memories of how she got there, what happened or what the place even is,...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by noClue‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T08:10:52Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/33872
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar noClue‭ · 2019-12-08T08:10:52Z (about 5 years ago)
My story begins with a little girl waking up in a creepy and probably very haunted house in the middle of nowhere. She has no memories of how she got there, what happened or what the place even is, but she does remember who she is. The main goal of the character is to escape from this house and find a way back home.

Is this a bad way to start the story? And if not, how should I start the story? What should I focus on the most when I throw the main character (and the reader for that matter) in at the deep end like that?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-02-28T15:04:31Z (almost 7 years ago)
Original score: 12