Ways/scenes to start a book with? (e.g. dialogue, suspense, action..)?

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Lori

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Even if you get a list from online, that's fine. I'm not looking for ideas on how to start, but really different ways of how to start.

Thanks,
Lori.
 
i personally think the three examples that you gave would work well together its just a matter of tying it all together,spoiling the entire book and in the best sense: execution
 
Hey

Try not to begin with narrative introduction, where it begins with facts about the protagonist/antagonist, e.g. 'Shelley was thirty-four' - these facts can be put in a more interesting way later, e.g. dialogue.

Dialogue is a way to start, and for more opinions on it here's a question on Y!A B&A a few weeks ago:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aps0SCo5xfYhyYvGQ6fVeurty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20100623124108AAUqQih&show=7#profile-info-lJhB4GSnaa

The other ways are action, narrative, thoughts - and either really doesn't matter, it's how you put it.

A dialogue that begins with "Oh, okay" is absolutely boring, but one that goes like this:
"You can't."
"Oh, but I already did." - will be much more interesting

The key is not about choosing the right way, but making that way work - it has to be hooking, it has to be the point where the real action in the book starts, not before.

~ JLT
 
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