Joyce Carol Oates said it best: "The first sentence can't be written until the final sentence is written."
Worry about finishing your story, not about writing the perfect opening sentence! You can change anything you like once you've finished -- go back and think of a great first sentence then, instead of waiting for some magical "first sentence" to fall out of the sky and hit you in the head.
Now get off the internet and get back to writing that story!
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Not everyone needs to write creatively. Everyone needs to be able to write well enough to communicate, but not everyone will be a creative person. Creative writing is good for your brain, though, and helps you to be a more rounded person with many skills.
There's not really a formal "format" but there is a traditional style we use - here's a link to a good website for first-time authors. It gives everything in a nice list!
Writing can be your history. It can show people how good you are in writing
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Creative writing - in many professions - can serve as good exercise for strengthening writing skills and thinking skills.
Here's a good link for you!
The point of CREATIVE writing is for you to create. Click the link to see how all stories are begun.
Here's a good link for you to explore.
I don't know about textbooks, but here is a link to a good online creative writing course for kids and teens.
You should major in English first of all, because you want good spelling, grammar and a wide vocabulary. Do not take Creative Writing. If you do it could result in you not even becoming a creative writer. It would make you lean more to being a creative writing teacher. There are programs in technical writing and professional writing, and that will help you tremendously. For creative writing, it doesn't matter what your major is.
Book writing, script writing and even legacy writing are all great creative writing jobs. Those are just three examples of the many jobs out there! To find even more please visit http://www.buzzle.com/articles/creative-writing-jobs.html
Southern New Hampshire University and Full Sail University are online colleges. They both offer a variety of classes designed for the writer. Classes include Creative Writing for Entertainment, English and Creative Writing - Fiction and English and Creative Writing - Nonfiction.
because they know more math and they don't have a creative mind for writing.
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Well it's definitely a good thing for a writer to possess a creative writing degree because in all jobs, you need some sort of basic writing skills so it can help in that aspect. Also, taking the course can help develop you into a better writer.
No, but there are plenty of good creative writing courses and websites that will help you learn how to write better - check out some of the answered questions in the Creative Writing category for lots of tips and techniques!