Thread: Where to start

I want to write a story. Images have been in my head of ideas but I dont know where to begin.

Any tips.

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Bob watched as ten dwarves pushed a shopping trolley full of garden gnomes past him.

Jump into the middle of a bit of action, then go back and explain how the fight started or why the dwarves wanted the garden gnomes to begin with. Then write till you get to the end and stop. And thinking about it too much won't help. You have to start putting words together. If you have the images, you should describe them, fit them together, make the words create what you want.

Bob watched as ten dwarves pushed a shopping trolley full of garden gnomes past him.

'Have you swapped my Lambert & Butler for them Jamaican woodbines again, Elsie?' he said, eyeing his wife suspiciously. Returning his attention to the surreal scene before him, he was drawn to how the dwarves sported white beards, wore pointed hats, and had fishing rods slung over their shoulders. He looked at the gnomes, and at the dwarves again, and once more at the gnomes. Strange, he thought, you can't tell 'em apart.

Agreed. Write all the bits that are in your head, with notes around each situation if you have them. You can flesh out the bits in between later

If you have the images, you should describe them, fit them together,

This, getting into the description of a physical object has often been a good starter for me, it need not be at the beginning.

Start outlining the universe and story. If you don't have a story, just concepts, write them down and start trying to figure out how to put them all together. After that, just jump in and start writing! Your muse will direct you

Thank you for the tips. There is this scientific idea about cybernetic cloning in my head that might work if done well. I had better get started.

Originally Posted by InsanityStrickenWriter

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Bob watched as ten dwarves pushed a shopping trolley full of garden gnomes past him.

Originally Posted by garza

Jump into the middle of a bit of action, then go back and explain how the fight started or why the dwarves wanted the garden gnomes to begin with. Then write till you get to the end and stop. And thinking about it too much won't help. You have to start putting words together. If you have the images, you should describe them, fit them together, make the words create what you want.

Originally Posted by Bilston Blue

'Have you swapped my Lambert & Butler for them Jamaican woodbines again, Elsie?' he said, eyeing his wife suspiciously. Returning his attention to the surreal scene before him, he was drawn to how the dwarves sported white beards, wore pointed hats, and had fishing rods slung over their shoulders. He looked at the gnomes, and at the dwarves again, and once more at the gnomes. Strange, he thought, you can't tell 'em apart.

How many times must I say this? It's not dwarves, it's dwarfs. Dwarves are where dboats tie up.

Dictionaries adapt to usage (As garza has so rightly pointed out before). Nowadays Dwarrow is listed as archaic and dwarf is listed as having variable plurals. Perhaps you too will soon be archaic.

I was just funning around, mate. How else would I get my punch line in?