Ok, so I am really bored and decided to write a short-story. It's kind of sad, I cried when I thought of it in my head, playing out the scenes.

 INTRO

How does one start a story like mine?
Well, for starters I'll start with basic information. My name is Brady and I'm 14 years old. I have a father and a younger brother named Charlie, he's 9. We live in a small house not far from town, it's falling apart but we do the best we can to keep it intact. Mother died when we were little.
Ever since Mom died father had gotten himself drunk every now and then when the pain of losing her was too hard to bear. In those drunken rages, father beat us. For some reason Charlie was father's main target. Since he is my younger brother I try to protect him and so I am usually the one with the most scars and bruises.
I am in 8th grade so everyone in my cl*censored*es know everyone quite well, this makes it harder to hide our secret. Whenever I come in with a black eye or multiple bruises people ask me questions. I make up excusses.
One day, when my father was drunk, I found out why Charlie was the target. Mother died while giving birth to my little brother and father blames him. I feel as if I need to protect Charlie even more now.
The next time our father got drunk is where my story really begins, the day my life really turned for the worse.

Very interesting. I like it so far. This is really a problem these days. Child abuse is. If you continue writing this, I believe that it will come to be quite the eye-catcher.