How should I start off my story when I introduce my main character?

[Glorio]

I'm writing an adventure with humor, fantasy, and fighting, where outlaws are looking for a treasure in a place directly ruled over by a corrupt world government.

I start it off telling about the treasure, and afterwards include my main character. My main protagonist is young (not yet an adult) and has super speed, but had waited for years to go out and search for it. He doesn't have parents and lives alone. I want him to start leaving his home, but don't know where to go from there. I also want him to have none-enemy interactions earlier and later face a crew of bad outlaws, showing his power. I would also like to add good humor in it. I basically already know how the first chapter will end though.

Any suggestions?

 

[Katie]

mabye say he doesn't know where he's going but he has an idea that this will change his life? something like that to bring them into the story

 

[smmay2]

A name and physical description would do you wonders for an introduction...

 

[Lissa]

have him run into the outlaws and have them almost beat him up. they yell his last name, and describe how his features are without the blur of speed and have him crash into a friend who says him say 'hi........' and u add the name there

 

[William]

Introducing the main character is very important. You need to make sure to give concise detail on what makes him unique, and have his personality and appearance come through in interactions with other characters. The easiest way to do this would be to have a separate character point out one of his features.

Example: Say your main character has white hair, you could have another character tell him that his hair is so dirty, that it almost looks like a normal shade of brown.

I don't know, something like that. Just make sure not to sit down and list his attributes to the readers.