How To Start The First Chapter Novels & Stories

Dear Readers, We made it. One hundred and thirty chapters. As I sit here writing this, I honestly don’t know where to begin. What started as an idea in my head became a journey I shared with thousands of people I may never meet, yet somehow feel connected to. First of all, thank you. Thank you for giving Mia and Ethan a chance.

--- Lunch was whatever the fridge offered, assembled without planning, eaten at the counter because neither of us moved to the table. She talked about the new book while we ate. Not the content, not yet, but the structural question she'd been circling. Whether the return should happen in the first chapter or whether the whole first chapter should be the approach, the reader arriving with the character rather than after her. "The approach," I said. She looked at me. "If the question is what does a place hold, the reader needs to feel the arrival." I paused. "Not be told about it after the fact."

The city was loud but she was quiet. She looked at her notebook on the table. Opened it to the page from last night. _Chapter 1: The day I almost broke. Chapter 2: The day I decided not to._ Below it, she picked up her pen. Her hand hovered. What comes after “decided not to”? She wrote: _Chapter 3: The morning nothing felt strange._ Then stopped. Because that was all she had. Words. No action. No progress. No bullets. She closed the notebook. Walked to the couch. Sat down. Did nothing.

, the specific area or the directions because I know nothing about the places/areas. Maybe you find this concept a common one, but I’ll try my best to make it a little different. Thank You. :) Now, let’s move to the 1st chapter of the story that is the prologue.

Now that you know what an inciting incident is, the third rule helps a lot on how to choose the best inciting incident for your story: Let me repeat it again: 3 this incident upset the balance within the character's world. This inciting incident tipped the character's world, a little or a lot, and their world changed. So don't start your book with chapter one depicting an "ordinary day" of your character's life, and end it with "this is how my life has been so far, and I wish I can change it". I understand that you want to set their emotion of longing for a change before you present the change, but this voids your chapter one, and gives your story a slow pace.

The world is a game of games. If you're not good at playing, You will be played. When playing we need confidence if you are not good at convincing and impressing people with your intelligence. Confuse them with your stupidity, until they feel they have won. As it is now, in silence fresh blood runs down a woman's forehead. Pain spread all over her body, soft glass shards stuck to her smooth white skin, and the car cabin was shattered in front of him.

I tossed it back into the drawer and chose the other by default. "The beginning of the end" I read out from the cover, then paused it think about it for a second "Hmm...interesting" I said, flipping through to the first chapter. Uninterrupted, I finished the first chapter in minutes but somewhere in the middle of the second, Caleb brought me dinner. I ate to my fill and lay down supine, meditating on the unfolding storyline.

Good day my wonderful readers, I know you might be confused as to why the book started with Chapter two. I actually typed and saved Chapter one and totally forgot to publish it. I actually thought I had published it already. But do not worry as I have posted it now so you can check the Chapter list and you would see the Chapter one. Please Kindly rate the story, drop your comments as to what you think about the story and characters. Please do not forget to rate the story. P.S This is a slow burn story. Author.

I don't want to you to pay twice for these chapters and before I get my contract, they might change anyway. Whenever you read a new story, the first few chapters are free and in those chapters you really have to get your readers interest. also you can't write any sex scenes and they like to hear from the male pov earlier on. so things might change if my editor and goodnovel don't like the order of my chapters or the length. so long story short. here is another chapter from The Stolen Alpha. From Storm's pov

***** In order not to leave you with the expectation of the next book that has yet to be accepted, in the meantime I decided to publish the first chapters here. I hope this new story will fascinate you as much as the original! It'll be very, very different, with every chapter, and I'm really excited to let you follow them. This is the first taste, please, let me know what you think, I’m just waiting for your comments!! ***** Ali