Ways To Start A Story Novels & Stories

So I start with his eyes, "His eyes glow." "Oh honey, people's eyes don't just glow, and that's not how you start a story. You don't just get to confuse me the first five seconds of the story and expect me to be okay with that. You explain from A to Z so I can paint my imagination with color." She explains, and I nod, a tiny giggle spills out my tiny lips and I immediately cover my mouth with my hand, getting my serious face back.

How do I even start this story? Where do I even begin? Should I start right before she died? Should I start right at the good part? Oh I know, I should’ve thought of this in the first place. I’ll start the day I met her (literally where every story should start.) Be warned before I begin telling the story, if you want a happy story this isn’t it, sure there’s romance and fun, but I can tell you she dies at the end so don’t get attached. Anyways, it begins in the middle of winter, the start of second semester when she first started school.

I desperately wanted her to tell me the truth but I'm not expecting her to be completely honest with me because it would make it obvious that their story wasn't exactly normal but I still wanted to hear her say something because I believe that in every lie, there's always an iota of truth. She cleared her throat almost as if she was deep in thought and I waited patiently for her to start explaining to me. "I honestly don't know how I'm supposed to start the entire story to you but I guess I have to start from somewhere," she said. "You can feel free to start the story from wherever you like, Anna. If you don't remember the beginning you can choose to start from the middle or start from the e