I am stuck on a story and want some advice

[Elenia26]

I really, really want to write a story of me and my second cousin getting it on. I've always had a big crush on him, and since it could never happen IRL, what better way?

But I am totally stuck on how to get it started. I can picture the middle and the end, but I can't picture where to begin. He lives in India. We haven't seen each other in 10 years. Do I...

bring him home from the airport, then let it build up slowly,
or cut right into the beginning of the action, squeeze in a little background, but mainly stick to the action?

Any thoughts, comments, advice would be appreciated. Feel free to ask me questions as I know this post is kind of vague, but I don't want to say a lot until I know what you guys need to know about.

 

[gauchecritic]

My advice would be to build up the meeting, even as far back as how you find out he will be visiting, this will give you time to create tension, longing and anticipation.

This would also give you the opportunity to throw in a solo masturbation scene as the main character fantasises about what she wants to happen.

How long you make that build up before anything happens is entirely up to you. I'd suggest as much build up as you would like to read in another story.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Write all the hot stuff you have- right now, while you have it.
The sheer time it takes to write, (at least this is how it works for me) will give you the details of the beginning. Then you can decide where to put them. It's amazing how your mind can fill in backstory!

 

[cantdog]

Stella has the nub. It develops in the work, so often. But keep in mind your own tastes as a reader. What sort of story would you like to read? Let that guide you about how and how much to put in. But start right in writing, just the same.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Stella has the nub. It develops in the work, so often. But keep in mind your own tastes as a reader. What sort of story would you like to read? Let that guide you about how and how much to put in. But start right in writing, just the same.

I have sat down to write, with a strong, clear image that I needed to convey- and gotten caught up in the settings and explaining how all this stuff began to happen...


and forgotten my beautiful sex scene. I must have eight or twelve truncated thingies like that in my files.

 

[SeaCat]

Oh gods how this rings a bell with me. I come up with an idea. I know the story, I even know the ending but I just can't figure out how to start it. By the time I force a beginning I forget the rest of the story.

Go with Gauches idea. Write down what you have. The beginning will come to you as you write.

Cat

 

[Stella_Omega]

Oh gods how this rings a bell with me. I come up with an idea. I know the story, I even know the ending but I just can't figure out how to start it. By the time I force a beginning I forget the rest of the story.

Go with Gauches idea. Write down what you have. The beginning will come to you as you write.

Cat

And thus- wisdom begins

 

[LadyAria]

I say write what you have ...read it. Then go back and bulid it out

 

[Elenia26]

Ok, that's what I'll try. I'll write the sex scene first. And hopefully it will break the block.

Thanks guys!

 

[dr_mabeuse]

The beginning of any story is always the hardest part to write. To suddenly open the box and have to present a scene, a situation, some characters. The old joke is to just skip the beginning.

Seriously, that's not a bad idea. The other technique is to write your crappy beginning, and then go back and cut out the first one or two paragraphs. You'd be surprised at how often this works. We always seem to give too much infortaion at the start rather than starting with the story itself and filling in the background as we go.

 

[Bishonen]

I really, really want to write a story of me and my second cousin getting it on. I've always had a big crush on him, and since it could never happen IRL, what better way?

But I am totally stuck on how to get it started. I can picture the middle and the end, but I can't picture where to begin. He lives in India. We haven't seen each other in 10 years. Do I...

bring him home from the airport, then let it build up slowly,
or cut right into the beginning of the action, squeeze in a little background, but mainly stick to the action?

Any thoughts, comments, advice would be appreciated. Feel free to ask me questions as I know this post is kind of vague, but I don't want to say a lot until I know what you guys need to know about.

I don't like stories where you get right into the action, only to be jerked back in time just as it's getting interesting. Go with the build-up.