Ghost Story

If i had to write a ghost story, I would begin with a major event where the ghost is "introduced" right away. I would choose that because from the different movies I have watched or books I have read, those are my favorite. I hate when stories have a really boring start and it takes forever for the movie to start and to get good. BUT, I do like the way Mary Shelley opened her story with the stranger, now Victor, starts telling the spooky story because i invisioned them on the sea in the middle of nowhere and it is dark and dreary. I think that that is very different from other boring ghost books i have read.