Young Writers Society

I have many ideas, stories, and thoughts in my mind. But the problem is that I can't put those thoughts into paper. Ugh! I'm so sick of this. Is it writer's block? I believe not, because I have IDEAS.

And, I can't find a good introduction. Please help.

Example. I have this story about three best friends: a writer, a photographer, and a musician. I can't start it.

Even a story outline can't help me.

Let yourself write crap. Yes, it'll be awful. But writing crap is the first step to writing anything good.

Just to back up Snoink's comment, I've probably come up with 14 drafts for the first 30 pages of my novel. And I had thought each one of those drafts was good.

So, you'll be editing anyway. Step 1 is to get the idea on paper so you can start writing the story. This is one time where the saying "you can't polish poop" is not true. (And the Mythbusters proved that you can polish poop in real life. So )

Right after high school I became a journalist for a newspaper. One of the editors, a sympathetic woman, gave me ivaluable advice about writing. It was about writing articles, but goes for writing fiction too. It was, "write the first ten lines. Force yourself to write the first ten lines, after that it starts writing itself."
So, my advice is the same - every time you sit down to write - write ten lines of anything. It's like pushing a car with a dead battery. After a few feet it comes to life and continues on its own.
And if what one writes is crap - good. Means you're not fooling yourself. Crap doesn't suddenly become replaced by quality. It's a long journey

I agree with what everyone says. I have problems starting things too. I usually type everything out on a computer, but when I start having issues, I just shut down the computer, grab a notebook, sit in the backyard, and start writing. Or, if you're used to writing in a notebook, try typing it out on a computer. Plus, you don't always have to start with the beginning. Write what you feel like writing. If it's the end, write the end, if it's some scene in the middle, write that.

Also, with introductions, I always start with introducing a character. It's usually crap and I alwayss end up deleting it, but it helped me get past problems I had with starting the story and I just kept on writing. So just start something like: My name is [insert character's name here] and this is how my story starts.

And just continue from there. It's fun to see where it goes.

Embee

I would advise against writing the ending or middle of your story first. I write in a linear fashion, just how life goes. In a line. Also, it's easier to make alterations that way.

Writer’s block isn't just not having any ideas, sometimes writers have ideas but are unable to transfer them onto paper. That is also writer's block.

Don't worry about your writing being bad, it'll get better, so just write or you'll never achieve anything.