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Q&A The problem with beginning

I don't mean "sitting down to write", I mean the literal beginning. The story itself starts with my protagonist running. I need to get him to run, then I'll have the rest of it sorted. But won't st...

5 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Irysik‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Canina‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:16:03Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/40424
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Irysik‭ · 2019-12-08T10:16:03Z (almost 5 years ago)
I don't mean "sitting down to write", I mean the literal beginning. The story itself starts with my protagonist running. I need to get him to run, then I'll have the rest of it sorted. But won't starting with "He ran" sound cheap? Should I add something before? Or should I just go straight with "He ran. This and that happened, so now he's being chased"? Or maybe it would be better to start with describing "this and that" and then progress to the running sequence? The "this and that" wouldn't have much to do with the story, so I worry whether it won't be just a filler and won't bore the reader. That's what I'm worried of the most, that I would bore them before anything would start.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-11-30T08:55:13Z (almost 6 years ago)
Original score: 9