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traveller
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Having gone over thread starters for the past few days, I've noticed there are three distinct ways that people will start a thread starter: CHARACTER The thread starts with an introduction of the character. They're either thinking about something, remembering something, or wearing their prettiest clothes out. Example: If there was one thing Alastor hated, it was TV. What a ludicrous invention! It had been seven years since he was last in Pentagram City, and the considerable hole he'd left had been filled with...podcasts. Ridiculous! ACTION I think this is the one I've seen least, the first paragraph will involve something going on that the character is involved in or will become involved in. Example: Her dad had taught her to fight dirty, so the first thing Charlie did was kick the boy in the balls. When he let out an ear-piercing scream and dropped to the floor, clutching the family jewels, Charlie couldn't resist stomping on it. For good measure. Some mention of the weather conditions, or history of the location, or otherwise something located to where we are. Example: It was the hottest Sunday recorded in the past sixty years. The sun's glare was like a finely-tuned laser, bringing burning pain to whatever it touched. Jonah was sitting on a terrace, hiding beneath a parasol, wolving down his ice cream before it had completely melted. The people around him were either doing the same or staring in envy. Or fainting. Heatstroke, you know. So! Out of sheer curiosity, what's your favourite way to start a starter? Note that I'm specifically referring to the first paragraph or sentence, not necessarily the entirety of the post! Also, it's totally fine to have answers that fall outside the three categories I mention above: when answering the question myself, I find it's usually "a mix of Character and Action" for me. In fact, the Action example already shows some "character" stuff, like "Her dad taught her"... But I don't usually focus entirely on character, like describing what they're wearing or stuff like that, so probably moreso towards the Action aspect of it. Usually I'll fill in the setting once I've established what's going on, but I often wonder if I should focus a bit more on setting instead, to give people more hooks to tie their characters into the thread. Aha ha. (This is a judgement-free zone.) |
last edit on Apr 15, 2024 19:35:42 GMT by traveller
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