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"SummerFalls;13668387" wrote:
Hi! Today in terms of novel wise, it went okay. I managed to list down everything I had in terms of plot and then everything I needed to build on. However, I just can't find the right beginning for my novel and I'm afraid that if I don't find the perfect one, the entire novel will become really boring.
In terms of Sim Stories, I'm going to be writing a new update soon after I watch this latest episode of Game of Thrones (hopefully it's better this week)
John Keeble, whom I studied with in grad school, loved to say that "the first sentence sets the capacity for the piece."
I like to think of the first sentence as a vehicle: is it a VW bug? A truck? A train? A jet? A spaceship or time portal? The kind of first sentence will help the reader understand what to expect.
For my fiction, so many of my first sentences come from a feeling or an image. In fact, I do very little plotting. I usually start with a feeling or image (like an open door on a second floor or a pine branch across a cloud-spattered sky), and then entire works spins out from there.
So... if you already know where you want to go... you could consider thinking about the feeling, mood, and other types of expectations you want the reader to have. Sometimes, this is where daydreaming really comes in handy!
Another trick I always tell myself is that I can scrap the first sentence I write and come up with a new one! This takes the pressure off so I can be a little more free, creatively.
