A blank page is no different than a blank canvas waiting for the painter's hands to create. Just as a painting conjures up a vision for the eye to behold, so must words. But words can do so much more.  They can speak for your character, they can think for your character, they can take you to many, many places in just a few pages.  And, they can even paint a picture in your mind.

Start a dialogue with two characters and through this dialogue let us "hear" your characters' voices.  Make your dialogue unique to each character.  Think of the different people you know and how each one speaks in a different tone, using different slang or cultural dialect.  A parent will not speak like a child and a child will not speak like a parent.  A teenager from the projects will not speak the same as a upper class teenager attending private school.  Paint their voices for us.

Start with a description. Paint it slowly and carefully, as you are choosing clothing particular to this person, a hairstyle particular to this person, shoes particular to this person, makeup particular to this person, jewelry particular to this person, piercings, tattoos, their style.

Start with setting. Paint it slowly and carefully, as you are creating places for your readers to go.  Allow them to see everything, from the cracked asphalt and smog in the city to the vibrant greens and rolling meadows in the country. Go further and allow your readers to smell the smog and hot asphalt and the clover and pine and daffodils in the fields. 

Now use one of these descriptions to open your story