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So, I've got a good story in my head. It sounds silly when I say it out loud, but I think that of all my ideas, so I try to ignore that feeling. But one thing always stops me when I sit down to write. The introduction. That first chapter is always the hardest, closely followed by the last chapter. Everything in between is a cakewalk. So, I'm hoping more seasoned writers will have some advice.
There are two places I could start. I could start with the past for the first three or so chapters. My two MCs have a forbidden relationship which ends up cut off when FMC becomes pregnant. (She's expressly forbidden from having children, ever. Her and the MC are different types of magic users, which are forbidden from having a relationship.) She makes a deal with an enchanter to create a necklace that suppresses magical talent. After that I would jump to present day, which would be the child being older, 10-12, and my FMC being her tutor/guardian. No one knows the child is FMC's daughter. There's an event where the necklace is removed briefly from the child, and she's unable to control what power she has. The enchanter reports it to the authorities, considering her too dangerous to be allowed to be free. Both the child and FMC are taken into custody. And that's my beginning. The other way to open it is to start with present day and the event, and mix in the past with alternating chapters. But the other way I have no idea how to even begin.
So, advice? Thoughts? Techniques? This first chapter is driving me crazy.
There are two places I could start. I could start with the past for the first three or so chapters. My two MCs have a forbidden relationship which ends up cut off when FMC becomes pregnant. (She's expressly forbidden from having children, ever. Her and the MC are different types of magic users, which are forbidden from having a relationship.) She makes a deal with an enchanter to create a necklace that suppresses magical talent. After that I would jump to present day, which would be the child being older, 10-12, and my FMC being her tutor/guardian. No one knows the child is FMC's daughter. There's an event where the necklace is removed briefly from the child, and she's unable to control what power she has. The enchanter reports it to the authorities, considering her too dangerous to be allowed to be free. Both the child and FMC are taken into custody. And that's my beginning. The other way to open it is to start with present day and the event, and mix in the past with alternating chapters. But the other way I have no idea how to even begin.
So, advice? Thoughts? Techniques? This first chapter is driving me crazy.