Which of the following sentences makes you most interested in finding out what happens next? (Choose one.)

Once upon a time, a wolf met a girl.
A girl stops to rest in the woods — but a hungry wolf is watching.
A girl walked into the woods, unaware that a wolf was watching from among the trees.
A girl wants to go for a walk in the woods, but what if there's a wolf?

Question

Which of the following sentences makes you most interested in finding out what happens next? (Choose one.) 
  
 Once upon a time, a wolf met a girl. 
 A girl stops to rest in the woods — but a hungry wolf is watching. 
 A girl walked into the woods, unaware that a wolf was watching from among the trees.  
 A girl wants to go for a walk in the woods, but what if there's a wolf?

anonymous · Answer

@contra

anonymous · Answer

The last option is a question, and that is never suggested to write in stories, unless it is a character's thought or it's being said. It would never be asking the reader a question. The once upon a time option is way overused. The second one is very plain, so I would go with the third option.