Writing block before the story even starts?

[moosie]

So, for the last couple of ideas I have stuck in my head that I kind of want to get out in some way, I've been unable to do so, because right as I try starting, I can't find a good way to do that. I've tried several times but I can't seem to figure out how I want the story to start. Every time I've tried I went "meh" halfway through and scrapped it. It's bugging the heck out of me and I actually want to be productive, but this writing block slapped a wall in front of my creativity. Any tips on how to start a story well? Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[Hitomi]

Everyone writes differently but I find that this happens to me a lot. Like, I'll have an idea but all I can think about are these plot points or scenes that come up later and I actually have no idea what starts the whole thing. It happens when I write essays for school too.

For essays, I always write the intro last because I get ideas for intros as I write, so I applied this to stories too. So what I do is just open a document, title it "idea dump" and just write whatever scenes I come up with, in any order, in no order, sometimes scenes that don't even have a beginning or ending. Sometimes this helps clear my head and I just end up getting bored with the idea or I get inspiration for something that should happen earlier and it eventually works its way back to the intro. After doing this, I usually have a better idea of the direction I want the story to go in and how I want it to start.

 

[Spyspotter]

Happens to me a lot, usually after leaving a good idea unwritten. I always write my good ideas down to prevent prewriter's block.