Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-25134288-20140703080246/@comment-25558572-20140703205227

Just a piece of advice from what hasn't been said above; don't start a story with 'It all started..." because that's becoming a very common, and therefore, ineffective way to start up a story.

Another thing I can say, quoting a tip from Kurt Vonnegut: "Start as close to the end as possible." Even if your story isn't that eventful, place your setting, characters and plot as close to the climax as you can get them in order to avoid a bland (and usually unecessary) opening. Try to make your title and/or first sentence something that will get your reader interested.