Take several moments to appreciate all the fanservice in Fan Fiction. Even just in the opening Sam and Dean scene.

Types of Opening Scenes for Your Novel

Here are a handful of ways to open the very first scene in your book! There are plenty more to explore, but these are a set of very tried and true methods.

Autobiographic - your protagonist starts the book reflecting or talking about a past event. They’re looking back in time and sharing an important piece of information with the reader.

In trouble/conflict - a problem has arisen for the protagonist and a sense of urgency is established. This can be an intense conflict like a chase scene or a puzzling problem.

Mysterious opening - the reader is introduced to something peculiar (a fantasy location, unique magic, a cloaked figure, etc.) that raises questions in their mind. Their curiosity will keep them reading.

Scene-setting - the most common opening where you focus on introducing the setting and the characters in it before anything else.

The questioner - the protagonist is questioning something: “Who invited the guy in the trench coat covered in red?”

Beginning with a thought - the novel is started with a philosophical quote or meaningful thought from the protagonist. “What is living worth if she’s not doing it with me?”

Intriguing dialogue - the book starts with interesting dialogue that captures the attention of the reader.

Mood establisher - the novel opens with a deliberate mood that signifies to the reader what they should expect from the story. Ex. a spooky story may open with eerie words and a dark atmosphere.

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MacGyver 5x01 opening scene

Source: etonline

Opening with a shirtless Mac? Maybe they do know what we want after all ♥_♥

Or it's just to distract us from that ten month time jump! 😅😢

I’m jealous - are they saying in their world the pandemic is over? Lol

I love the idea that it’s a ten month time jump because they’ve had to spend that time quarantining like everyone else and nothing interesting happened! 😂

How many bad homemade movies has Bozer made? Mac now lives in a different house because he burned his down - accidentally - trying to learn how to make bread. Riley’s now rich because she created the best food delivery app ever! I’m having way too much fun with this!!

Even though I’m sure their job would be considered essential...

I thought the same. Maybe they pretend like people have already started vaccination and the pandemic is over. But it's too long. What happened all this time? And the team clearly still has trust issues. Were they even together in those months?

His name: Merlin

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