How to begin a story

[Bob Schroeck]

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Hmm so its more of less start with a bang and work your way towards the boring parts later once you've hooked the audience

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I know you're saying that tongue-in-cheek, but someone might be reading who won't understand that, so let me emphasize: If you're thinking of any segment of your story as "the boring part" you've got a problem. Ideally written, even a scene of a character brushing his teeth in the morning can be interesting, if it reveals something about him the reader didn't know before. I tend to think of my stories as being composed of "high-energy" and "low-energy" scenes rather than "exciting" and "boring". Low-energy scenes are important and interesting, too.
-- Bob
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