#4
17th May 2009 at 11:47 PM
A great beginning. Not, "my name is so-and-so and I just moved to a new town and look here I am posing in front of my house." Sim stories are just regular stories with pictures - the rules of regular stories apply. How exciting is it to read a story that starts with the protagonist introducing themselves? Throw the reader in the midst of the action immediately. That doesn't mean, put in a fight scene or something, it can be a scene relaxing at home or walking down a dark alleyway at night, but as long as the reader instantly feels engaged in the story. That's what grips me, and keeps me reading. Also, a bit of mystery. When not everything is revealed immediately - like we see people or we read a conversation, but we don't know who the people are or what the context is. It can make for very interesting reading.
We are the lucky ones
Your mother's daughters, your father's sons
Don't you grow old before your time