Anyone starts their stories with protagonists waking up?

[Lensing]

The waking up beginning is almost on one level (for me) with the "to be continued" end.
There are exceptions for this like a story about waking up and being the only human
on earth kind of story, but there would still be more creative options for it

I did a couple of hundreds of those when I was a kid. My brother and
me were drawing comic pages every day and there was a 9 out of 10
chance that the main character was waking up in his bed in the first
panel. The other option was the main character walking down the street.

I don´t want to insult anyone, but for me personally the waking up first
panel is a sign for not having a creative idea

[potatogirl]

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[Yangying]

My story starts with the MC waking up from a dream, so, yeah… it happens a good amount

[doodlemcfiddle]

I did that once in my first story and I received the worst criticism ever that was too cliche. Now I fear starting a story with the MC waking up or even chapters.

[2DLenzy]

At first when I saw the topic, I was like, Nah...

Then I was like crap! Mine do!

Tho technically, my story begins with a rooster getting sliced, but yeah, I think it fits the cliche. But it features roosters, so, I embrace that cliche!

Face of nightmares...XD

[allenT]

Man... so many in the same boat, it's a really popular choice