Comments on: The 21 Best Tips for Writing Your Opening Scene http://bekindrewrite.com/2012/05/04/the-21-best-tips-for-writing-your-opening-scene/ write unto others as you would have them write unto you Tue, 02 Jun 2020 07:55:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 By: Holographic Anxiety http://bekindrewrite.com/2012/05/04/the-21-best-tips-for-writing-your-opening-scene/#comment-189165 Tue, 02 Jun 2020 07:55:05 +0000 http://bekindrewrite.net/?p=1221#comment-189165 I haven’t written in a while, so I was sort of struggling with trying to start something new. I have other works that I can jump back into because those who read it already are familiar with it, so beginning a new project felt a bit daunting.

After struggling on my own, and pages upon pages of the same beginning, I decided to search out some help. This article certainly exceeded my expectations. I was reminded of things I had forgotten and learned some new tips for the future.

Thank you so much.

]]> By: John Cryar http://bekindrewrite.com/2012/05/04/the-21-best-tips-for-writing-your-opening-scene/#comment-145448 Thu, 20 Sep 2018 16:38:40 +0000 http://bekindrewrite.net/?p=1221#comment-145448 Stephanie, Re: the above blog, “21 . . . ” you state the Inciting Incident (II)is a must have for the Opening Scene. I also see other blogs (CS Lakin, KM Weiland, etc) who say the II should occur at the 10% mark. Hard to reconcile an opening scene II with a 10% II for a 100,000 word fantasy. Any comments will be greatly appreciated since I am a novice.

]]> By: Stephanie Orges http://bekindrewrite.com/2012/05/04/the-21-best-tips-for-writing-your-opening-scene/#comment-128762 Tue, 08 Aug 2017 02:02:50 +0000 http://bekindrewrite.net/?p=1221#comment-128762 In reply to Sophie.

Hi Sophie,

The danger is in disorienting your reader. You begin telling a story and they are just getting their bearings regarding where and when the story takes place when, boom, you reveal it was a flashback and the real story is taking place in another time, another location.

Of course, rules are meant to be broken, and there are good ways of starting with a memory. Consider making it clear from the beginning that it is a memory. “Sometimes the scent of the lavender soap in the hotel bathrooms reminded her of the summer she turned twelve, when she fell in the lake…” Something like that grounds the reader in the present while providing a sense of depth and history.

]]> By: Sophie http://bekindrewrite.com/2012/05/04/the-21-best-tips-for-writing-your-opening-scene/#comment-128251 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 21:51:01 +0000 http://bekindrewrite.net/?p=1221#comment-128251 One tip confused me- it said not to start with a memory, but I always do and some of my favorite books (e.g. A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass) do as well. Why are us writers advised not to? Any ideas?

Also, this was a FANTASTIC article. I will be coming back to this website!!!!

Meow

]]> By: Debbie Dadey http://bekindrewrite.com/2012/05/04/the-21-best-tips-for-writing-your-opening-scene/#comment-125084 Wed, 11 Jan 2017 14:21:27 +0000 http://bekindrewrite.net/?p=1221#comment-125084 Great article. Thanks!

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