There are no rules. You can start a story anyway you like. That said, there are some fairly common approaches to beginning a story and the opening episode of Offshore employs quite a few.
Offshore is a podcast about the unusual side of Hawaii. The first season focuses on the killing of Kollin Elderts, a Native Hawaiian, by Christopher Deedy, a white, off-duty federal agent. The podcast is produced and reported by Jessica Terrell (along with Ben Adair!) and Honolulu Civil Beat.
On this episode of HowSound, Jessica dissects the first several minutes of the first episode of Offshore and lays out all the different story-starting tricks they used. Here’s a quick summary:
Anecdote: Jump right in with a small story….
