Narwhal (narwhal)'s status on Friday, 11-Dec-15 00:18:29 UTC
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@spots Well, structurally whether it would be an effective choice would likely depend on where you're planning to go from there. Above all else your opening should grab your readers attention, but it should also provide requisite context. What kind of story are you trying to write? Is it in a modern, familiar setting that can be explained through extraneous details as opposed to exposition, or are there idiosyncrasies that make your world unique that need to be told to the reader? And if so, if there a way to show them those details? Your perspective is also important when it comes to relaying details about your characters to an audience. First and third person perspectives don't just change the pronouns, but also have a crucial effect on how the story itself is told (an omniscient narrator will generally be a lot more unbiased whereas seeing the story through a specific character's viewpoint will fundamentally change how the world is seen by the audience.
