How to start a story — and what to start writing

Fittingly for a Monday — the beginning of a traditional workweek — our RSS feed featured two different posts offering help on getting started.

Writer’s Digest shared twenty-five different prompts for a story opener.

But perhaps you’re not sure you want to begin a novel, though you know you want to (or must) write something.

In that case, author Brian Berni suggests considering alternative writing projects and sums up the appeal of each at Live Write Thrive.