Hi guys I am new at the pickup artist techniques and the one thing that i find to be terryfying is approuching a girl and opening a set with her. Can anyone give me some advice as to how I can go about this.

Please can someone help me with this.

as far as i can tell approaching is the easiest part.
before walking up to a girl have something to say, do not approach form behind and surprise her, feign confidence, and say whatever you had prepared.

after that is what i have trouble with because i havnt gotten to the point where i can comfortably shift a conversation naturally

what you're experiencing is called approach anxiety and i have heard the best way to deal with it is to go to a crowded place and say "hi" and smile at every girls who walks past you.... there is a little more on this but im sure that this exercise has been referenced 100 times on this forum

(i'm pretty new to all of this and i may not know what i am talking about, but walking up to someone and saying something hasn't been too hard for me)