Good Story Starters

Good Story Starters

By Michelle Liew

​Dialogue

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Engaging dialogue is a way to get readers interested in your writing.

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"Mary, come up here to the attic. I think I've found something." "What is it?" I climbed the stairs uncertainly, wondering what the attic in the old house had in store for me.

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You can end introductory dialogue on a cliffhanger (we'll go into these in a bit)

to keep readers wanting to find out what will happen in the rest of the story. ​

Cliffhangers

Referring to the example written in the introduction, you can see that cliffhangers keep readers in suspense. The aim of using them

is to keep people engaged in the story. ​

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Climax

You can start your story with the most interesting event, known

as the Climax.

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Hesitantly, I approached the huge red box. With a jagged penkinfe, I slashed the scotchtape and tore its lid open. I was taken aback to see a brown ball of fur. ​

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One Word

A single word captures attention immediately.

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Worry. That's what I felt when I thought about the test I was supposed to have that day. I hadn't studied for it and worried that I would just scrape by.​

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Flashback

Start your essay off with a recollection or flashback to take your reader to the time when it started.

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It all started when I made that mistake years ago...​

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Onomatopoeia

Start your essay off with a sound.

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"R...rring!" The alarm clock seemed angrier than usual. It rang

louder than it typically did that fateful Monday morning. ​

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