25 Ways to Start a Story

 

25 Ways to Start a Story

1. Man is running from someone or something in the moonlight.
2. Woman is searching for someone or something in a thick fog.
3. A loud noise startles a person awake.
4. Narrator confesses something outrageous.
5. An unmarked package is left on someone's porch.
6. Two lovers explore an abandoned island.
7. A woman wakes up in a ditch.
8. Children playing at a park make a grisly discovery.
9. A person observes a car go off the road.
10. Someone hears a faint noise and—against their better judgment—goes to investigate.
11. A man hangs off a rooftop several stories in the air.
12. Narrator reveals a long hidden regret.
13. An elderly woman finds a letter she'd forgotten she had.
14. A child accepts a dare.
15. Two people searching for a geocache find something they never expected.
16. A student notices something in the hallway that everyone else fails to see.
17. Someone fishing alone sees something no one is likely to believe.
18. Narrator reveals his or her greatest fear.
19. An elderly man goes into the attic to make sure something he hid is still there.
20. Two people meet at a science fiction and fantasy convention.
21. Narrator explains why someone else can't be trusted.
22. Someone appears to be trying to avoid detection but is doing a lousy job of it.
23. Two people meet at a place that they thought was only known to them.
24. Narrator says he or she is in love.
25. Narrator says he or she will never love again.

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