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 oleh introducing a character through dialouge. For example;
"Hey Caleb, do anda 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 friends 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 keterangan 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 favorit way to go, some people manage to make it work. Try describing the town atau where the story takes place, atau 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 oleh saying something urgent. For example, in Maximum Ride, the main chacter, Max, starts off oleh saying your lives are in danger if anda 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 artikel 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 atau 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! anda know anda 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 oleh 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. anda 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. anda see it all the time in televisi and movies. It could also be used to start off the detik 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 lebih 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 artikel should tell anda how to write correctly. It's merely here to give anda ideas. There's no right atau wrong way to write a story.
With this last little word of encouragement...I bid anda farwell. Happy writing:)
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