The Writer's Café

Yeah, I dunno. I was a little worried about my swearing. So I checked the forum rules. Swearing is one of the things not to do. You should know this, col, you're a mod. (jkjkdon'thurtmeplease)
I swear like a sailor.
 
Don't worry everyone, I have a little Blackwall with a post that colon wishes he didn't post XP

iZaln
 
Oh well I'll fill you in!
I posted chapter 9.
Colonial is making a story.
izaln said he'd put up the prologue today.
Rika sweared.
Zaln gave me amazing feedback.
Smighter is clueless.
 
Galway Girl
Well, I took a stroll on the old long walk
Of a day -I-ay-I-ay
I met a little girl and we stopped to talk
Of a fine soft day -I-ay-I-ay
And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do
'Cause her hair was black and her eyes were blue
And I knew right then I'd be takin' a whirl
'Round the Salthill Prom with a Galway girl

We were halfway there when the rain came down
Of a day -I-ay-I-ay
And she asked me up to her flat downtown
Of a fine soft day -I-ay-I-ay
And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do
'Cause her hair was black and her eyes were blue
So I took her hand and I gave her a twirl
And I lost my heart to a Galway girl

When I woke up I was all alone
With a broken heart and a ticket home
And I ask you now, tell me what would you do
If her hair was black and her eyes were blue
I've traveled around I've been all over this world
Boys I ain't never seen nothin' like a Galway girl
 
I've written a rough draft of a Prologue for my story...
Only problem is I have no clue how to start a story, should it start with dialogue? The surroundings?
What does a story usually start with? :?
 
@Dwei
Whatever you think brings out the main idea of the part. So if you have soldiers in... Say a jungle, you can start with one guy swearing about the jungle. And then after, start to describe the setting... Here's an example...

"Damn these f---ing annoying mosquitos," blared Charlie's voice over the group comm line.

Charlie was right. They had been dispatched to the Amazon Rainforest. It was literally a living maze of trees. Musty and brown vines lay strewn across the trees that reached some 30 feet into the air. They created a canopy large enough to obscure any sunlight, so it was dark and drafty on the base...

And there's a quickie. Something that engages a readers imagination.

iZaln
 
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