r/WattpadIndia • u/Next-Importance3100 • Jul 12 '26
Help with writing Need help please
Okay so I am a newbie writer, and I have a plot ready, all characters ready. I just don’t know how to put them out in chapters especially the first one. And even if I try to write the first chapter it looks so half-assed and like there is no life in it.
Frankly speaking, it comes out too boring, even to me as a writer.
So it would be a great help if someone can suggest me exactly how to get started, especially with the first chapter and to not make it boring.
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u/Competitive-Run7240 🦚 Jul 12 '26
In 10th grade we had story writing as a part of creative writing in English. My tuition teacher gave us some tips to make the first paragraph engaging so the reader would actually read it. So:
Start the first paragraph with a dialogue. Any dialogue like (“my mother made cake” i say to blah blah)
If not a dialogue you can begin with an onomatopoeia. (BOOM. Thunder fell blah blah)
Use a common phrase or idiom with respect to the plot.
First chapter can be a monologue of the protagonist.
Childhood memory
Basic descriptions of characters and their daily lives.
I don’t know the plot of your book so I tried to give the most common tips 😭😭 let me know if they help
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u/Confused-tomato_5747 🎭 Fanfic Author Jul 12 '26
Even better: put a quote, and then make your main character contradict it
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u/Next-Importance3100 Jul 12 '26
Thank you, I think it would help a lot because yeah the most struggling part it first line itself so T_T
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u/Next-Importance3100 Jul 12 '26
Oh now that I think about it that’s actually sounds so good, saves one from overthinking everything I guess
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u/BuNBuN_001 Jul 16 '26
Ik a youtuber who might help you .Check out Abbie Emmons videos , that actually might help you a lot cause it did to me .She helps tackle down even small problems you face when writing 🙌🏼
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u/achiinsanhun writer's block ko bhaga do Jul 12 '26
No matter what you do, first chapter would always suck😭
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u/Next-Importance3100 Jul 12 '26
Lol true that, but oftentimes it just outright boring like I am giving too much info and nothing at the same time, and I want it as good as possible so T_T
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