Clanging Cymbols

Write what you know?  
Write what you care about.
Don’t get me wroing.  The first point is valid and used hugely for young adults and amateur writers.  In fact it is one hundred percent logical--one online course encourages to write from your past--thousand authors agree.  However do you want to write and enjoy it?  To write fluidly? WRITE ABOUT WHAT YOU CARE ABOUT.
“HE WHO HATH NOT LOVE IS A CLANGING CYMBOL.”
You know alot of things you don’t care about, taxes, politics, hobos.  Yeah.  You don’t have to write about them.  In The Idiot’s Guide to Writing a Novel says how he knows women who all they can write about is about the home life (however this is not 100% accurate. Katherine Paterson wrote while being a housewife.  Pilgrims progress wrote in prison.  Setting were you are does not decide 100% what you write about).  The point is, why try to add stuff you hate?

Okay.  A problem arises.

You like something, so you are afraid to copy.
You like something, but you don’t want to plagiarize!

Ursula Le Guin considered the HP books a blend, of the common Fantasy-Magic and the England Genre the Boarding House.  Diana Wynne Jones believed that Rowling was influenced by  he books, just do to similarities.  Ask a kid or teen they will tell you it is original.  But ask a person who grew up and read EE Nesbit, Inklings, Diana Wynne Jones and Ursula Le Guin (and latin) would tell you that its originality was birthed from multiple sources--or multiple influences.  Really originality is blending.  (Cowboys Vs. Aliens?)  Originality is by many--look at Pixar’s Toy Story it was created by a group, a duzy of ideas and backrounds.( John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft)  

If you get caught up, which happens a lot, worried about plagiarizing you are not trying to.  Makes sense right?  Worrying about ideas and rules will ultimately lead to you either not finishing or ruining your train of thought. 

How do I start a story?

My personal favorite is called a "Cold Open" basically is just jumping into the story.  

Watch this video...

You don't need to say, "There was a plane...then it crashed." Cold opens, just jump into it... its more exciting and provides curiosity (Curiosity is your best friend to keep a reader.)  Cold opens is common in stories, movies and comics.  It sure beats a fairy tale beginning or Star Wars intro.

Things to remember

>Hooks are the best to start a story. Hooks can be just one worders.

>Don't forget the beginning is utterly vital for readers!

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       There once was a kingdom that lived in a fictional world called Polutian.  There was a king named Cyrus, a well needed king.  During his reign, a evil ruler named Juan had usurped power by raiding his own castle with his own minions.

      "Die."

      "You won't get away with this Juan.  Everyone in Polutian will notice I'm gone."

      "I think I will. We're twins after all."

Juan smirked while playing with his saber--inching it closer to his brother's neck.  A grin shaped his mustache into a smile, while the king was back up in the wall.   Juan's minions had surrounded him, laughing and frolicking stealing treasures and weaponry from the dead soldiers.

"Goodbye..."

"King