Once upon a....you know what, forget this cliche starter!
1. Start Off With Someone Saying Something!
This would be what my annoying language art teacher called a "Grabber." Get the readers attention kwa introducing a character through dialouge. For example;
"Hey Caleb, do wewe need a ride?" Caleb morgan turned to see his friend Chikara Wang cruising beside him in his car. Chikara was really the only one of his Marafiki who knew how to drive. He himself was stuck walking.
"Sure, why not?" He climbed into the passenger side beside him.
2. The Good 'Ol Description Scene!
Every now and then, we come across the decription scene. A paragraph of "It was a bright and sunny morning. Birds were chirping in the sky." While it's not my inayopendelewa way to go, some people manage to make it work. Try describing the town au where the story takes place, au the building your characters are currently in. School? Thier house? The bowling alley?
3. The "Code Red" Alert!
Try to get the reader's attention kwa saying something urgent. For example, in Maximum Ride, the main chacter, Max, starts off kwa saying your lives are in danger if wewe don't read her book. The book is about a group of children who were genetic experiments. So if your trying to breach to a teen/pre-teen audience, it really hits close to home. I wanted to include the opening on this makala but I couldn't find it. Poo! Many times, these "Code Reds" could be used as prolouges.
4. The Action Scene!
The action scene. It's a part of the story where something really big is happening. Usually a battle au major drama. Take the first chapter of Maximum Ride for instance!
The funny thing about facing imminent death is that it really snaps everything else into perspective. Take right now, for instance.
Run! Come on, run! wewe know wewe can do it.
I gulped deep lungfuls of air. My brain was on hyperdrive; I was racing for my life. My one goal was to escape. Nothing else mattered.
My arms being scratched to ribbons kwa a briar I’d run through? No biggie.
My bare feet hitting every sharp rock, rough root, pointed stick? Not a problem.
My lungs aching for air? I could deal.
As long as I could put as much distance as possible between me and the Erasers.
Yeah, Erasers. Mutants: half-men, half-wolves, usually armed, always bloodthirsty. Right now they were after me.
See? That snaps everything into perspective.
Run. You’re faster than they are. wewe can outrun anyone.
The Dream Sequence!
Now, picture that same scene above and picture the next. Max sitting upright in her bed. It was all a dream. The dream sequence is commonly used in today's media. wewe see it all the time in televisheni and movies. It could also be used to start off the sekunde chapter!
5. Introduce The Character!
Another way to start off, introduce your characters. This way the reader will get a first hand experience of what your characters are like, and maybe gain a little zaidi information about them.
Do your Own Thing!
It's always important to do your own thing, no matter what other people think. Your story. Your mind. Your imagination. Nothing in my silly little makala should tell wewe how to write correctly. It's merely here to give wewe ideas. There's no right au wrong way to write a story.
With this last little word of encouragement...I bid wewe farwell. Happy writing:)
I wrote this yesterday when me and my boyfriend had a big fight and it's a fight that may go on for a long time. I know I am young to write something like this but, I guess it helps. Plus If wewe don't like it just tell me, ok?
The Power of Words
wewe and I had this big long fight,
It felt like the storm during the night.
It was verry sad and cold,
My Marafiki had to like wewe a lot
and wewe felt like I forgot,
forgot about you.
But I had a prodject due.
wewe think you're mr. I'm so cool
but wewe used to act like a ghool.
Not to the people wewe love,
to the sensetive people like a dove.
How we spoke with eachother,
made wewe feel much better.
But the fight we had,
wewe alisema was nothing but it was bad.
See ya pal we're ova,
take the cell wewe gave me and do me a fava.
Just don't ever,
Never...
Talk to me again!
The Power of Words
wewe and I had this big long fight,
It felt like the storm during the night.
It was verry sad and cold,
My Marafiki had to like wewe a lot
and wewe felt like I forgot,
forgot about you.
But I had a prodject due.
wewe think you're mr. I'm so cool
but wewe used to act like a ghool.
Not to the people wewe love,
to the sensetive people like a dove.
How we spoke with eachother,
made wewe feel much better.
But the fight we had,
wewe alisema was nothing but it was bad.
See ya pal we're ova,
take the cell wewe gave me and do me a fava.
Just don't ever,
Never...
Talk to me again!
