Introduction Ideas

Don't know where to start?  Try one of these introductions to get your story off to a flying start!

Once upon a time, …

Once there was…

Once after…

Once before…

Once in ____ when…

Once, long, long ago, when…

One (summer, winter, spring, fall) morning…

One day…

One day the ___ met…

In olden times, …

In the days when…

In the days of…

It so happened that one fine day…

A ____ made acquaintance of a ____ and….

A ___ and a ____ lived…

A (father and/or mother) had two (sons and/or daughters)…

A certain country…

A ___ had fallen on hard times and…

A ___ had so many ___ that…

A ___ once went ___ in ___…

A ___ called his/her ___ together and said, “____” …

A ___ had…

A ___ was traveling…

A great war was…

Little ___ took…

Long ago there lived…

Long ago there was…

There was a ___ where…

There once was a ___ where…

There once was a ___ who was ___…

There once was a ___ who was ___…

There once was an ___ in ___…

There once was an ___ by the name of ___, who…

Two ___, a ___ and a ___, were…

Two ___, went in search of ___…

The ___ had taken…

Maybe a hundred years ago or more, there were…

After serving his/her ___ for ___ years, a ___…

 

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