I remember reading this thing that showed what you shouldn’t do for an episode introduction, but I forgot where I found it.
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Do you mean this? episodeknitters.wordpress.com/tips-and-advice/general-advice/7-2-worst-ways-to-start-your-episode-story-and-how-to-fix-them/
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Yeah. I knew it had 7 and 2 in its title, but I forgot about it. It was a pretty good article.
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Right? It pointed out a lot of things people do for intros that have become pretty cliche.
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The examples in that article are textbook examples of what not to do. I always like it when someone has a warning before jumping right into the story beforehand in case of sensitive subjects or volume. I don’t really understand why some people do their intros by introducing all the characters and telling you a good chunk about them. I feel like the opening scene I would want to see is where I can find myself wondering what the character is thinking, but not being totally clueless. It goes back to being vague and clear. Clearness make things easier to interpret while vagueness leads, dropping sweet candies (hints) for the reader to pick up.
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Of course! As I’m pretty sure the article says, that’s just an information dump on the reader. You don’t feel attached to the characters, you just know a little bit more about them, and often irrelevant details or, in other cases, things that can easily be shown.
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I will be surprised if someone hasn’t made a story that’s a satire about cliche things like information dumps in stories, flat characters, and just nonsensical whimsical events that don’t connect to the main plot. Someone should try it. I could already see the opening scene.
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Lol, someone has. I forgot the exact name, but I think it was pregnant by, and then a bunch of cliches.
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