How do I know where to start my novel?
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How do I know where to start my novel?
How to Write a Good Hook & Start Your Novel with a Bang!
- Startle readers with the first line.
- Begin at a life-changing moment.
- Create intrigue about the characters.
- Use a setting as the inciting incident.
- Up the stakes within the first few pages.
- Introduce something ominous right away.
- Set the mood.
How do people come up with ideas for novels?
8 Ways to Get Book Ideas
- Adapt a story from real life.
- Adapt the plot of a fairy tale or folk legend.
- Create a character based on someone you know.
- Write about a moment in your own life.
- Analyze the plot of a book you admire.
What is the most cliche ways to start a novel?
25 Terrible Ways to Start a Novel
- Starting 5 or 10 pages before the beginning of the story.
- Not introducing your main character immediately.
- Introducing a whole boardroom of characters.
- Not creating conflict on the first page.
- Starting with summary rather than a scene.
How do you come up with a story concept?
7 Ways to Come Up With Great Story Ideas
- Start With the Six Elements of Fiction. The blank page can be overwhelming.
- Start With a Story You Want to Read.
- Modify a Story Idea That Already Exists.
- Start With a Creative Writing Prompt.
- Find Inspiration in Wordplay.
- Let Yourself Experience Boredom.
- Start From Real Life.
How do I make my book not cliche?
10 Tips to Avoid Clichés in Writing
- Avoid Stolen or Borrowed Tales.
- Resist The Lure of the Sensational.
- Turn a Stereotype on its Head.
- Tell the Story Only You Can Tell.
- Keep it Real by Taking it Slow.
- Deliver Your Story From Circumstantial Cliché
- Elevate the Ordinary.
- Rescue Gratuitous Scenes From Melodramatic Action.
How do you think up a story?
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