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 ___…