Personally…
I like/love =
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Starts with a flash to the future then goes back into the past to start the story (BUT…I don’t like the ‘Well, it all started blah blah blah time ago’ because it’s overused)
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When the MC shows (not tells) parts of their past via flashbacks or something similar
I dislike/hate =
- Starting with a black screen and being told areas of the story that could have just been shown
- The author showing up. I just can’t be bothered to read through the author’s few minute long speech about how they apologise for any grammatical errors, use the ‘it’s my 1st story’ excuse, directing errors etc…
- Starting on a daily activity for no reason (waking up/going to school)
Hope this helps someone (: