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Writing Prompts and Story Starters
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The purpose of this daily blog is to provide you with a plentiful supply of writing prompts and story starters, from first lines to opening paragraphs, from inspiring images to intriguing what-ifs.
Everything here has been uniquely created by published author Mike Sellars and can be used however you see fit, even as a component of, or inspiration for, a published work.
- Added on: Jun 11th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Mike Sellars
- Listed in: Writing Fiction
- Tags: writing prompts writer's block story ideas story starters creative writing prompts creative story starters
Recent Posts
Writing Prompt / Story Starter 38
He taped a key to the back of each hand, filled his pockets with ash and placed a penny under his tongue.When the coin began to taste like blood in his mouth, began to taste like a bitten tongue, he stepped out into the snow and set off in search of ...
Writing Prompt / Story Starter 36
An exercise.Get hold of a volume of poetry, preferably an anthology rather than a single-author collection.Turn to the Index of First Lines.Ignoring anything obvious or well-known, scan down the first lines until something jumps out at you.Use this a...
Writing Prompt / Story Starter 35
"It's my favourite toy," Miranda whispered. "At night, it sings to me.""What does it sing, Miranda? What songs does it sing?""Oh, they're not really songs. They sound all wobbly and sort of, I don't know, backwardy?"...
Writing Prompt / Story Starter 34
At first, Jack had been convinced the thing was some twisted little urchin’s idea of a toy. But then he'd cut open its belly and something like semi-liquified worms had glistened through the skewed slit of his inexpert incision.Some small part of h...
Writing Prompt / Story Starter 31
So they gave out to the sons of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, "The land through which we have gone, in spying it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great si...
Writing Prompt / Story Starter 30
"Is this it?" asked Paul.Jenny nodded. "This is it."Paul took the small wooden cigar box from the table."Heavier than it looks," he said. "Can I open it?"Jenny shrugged. "Up to you, really. But why waste it?""True."Paul put the box back down on the t...
