150 (or so) Story Starters!

  Write a diary entry for a famous person in history.

  Make a character move from one end of the room to the other. Then, do it again, only make the character take a long time to get there.

  Write a story from the point of view of someone with a very difficult job.

  The title is: "the kids on my block."

  What an awful bully! How will you ever escape his/her clutches!

  Sometimes people are so silly. Write a "things to do" list for a very silly person.

  Who did you meet one day on the street?

  Write from the point of view of a raindrop.

  Bring nature to life. For example: "the wind is like a girl turning somersaults." "The trees are old men waiting for a bus."

  Write a diary entry for a famous person in history.

  Write a diet plan for a hippopotamus.

  Go outside and look at a tree. Write that tree's life story.

  Why do leaves fall? Why does snow fall? Why are there rainbows? Write a fantasy story explaining something in nature.

  Did you ever want to visit a faraway place? Describe how you imagine it would be.

  What is the view from the top of the Eiffel Tower ? From the bottom of Niagara Falls ? From the middle of Mount Fuji ? Use your imagination to describe a landmark from your own perspective.

  Write a speech about something you feel is important.

  Write a note of excuse to your teacher.

  Write a note of excuse from your teacher.

  Start at your toes, end at your hair...describe how it feels to be happy.

  Describe giving a speech at a whole school assembly from the point of view of your stomach.

  Write a will.

  Write a love letter.

  Write a letter to the child you might have in the future.

  Make a list of 15 questions your parents would answer "no" to.

  Make a list of 15 questions your parents would answer "yes" to.

  Make a list of compliments.
Make a list of the things another person would say in response to the compliments.

  Make a list of insults.
Make a list of the things another person would say in response to the insults.

  If you were a skywriter, what would you write for everyone to see?

  Write a script for a puppet show.

  Write a school song.

  Write a list of things to remember for an elephant.

  Choose a brief, interesting article from the newspaper, and rewrite the story from the point of view of somebody involved in the incident.

  Describe how it feels to dance.

  Describe your worst fear.

  Some people are unusual. Make up an unusual person. What unusual thing happens to this unusual person?

  Super power for a day! What will it be?

  Pretend you are a ghost, haunting a house or apartment. Describe the people who live there, and how you haunt them.

  What do you think somebody who just won ten million dollars would be thinking? Would a person change after acquiring so much wealth? Write a story about change due to a loss or gain of money.

  Write the lesson plan of a very mean teacher.

  You are the last dinosaur before extinction.

  Describe something blowing in the wind. What is it?

  Look down from the ferris wheel.

  Describe the first time you crossed the street alone.

  Pretend you are a painter. What will you paint? Why do you choose the colors that you choose? How do you feel as you paint this picture?

  Red, blue, black, yellow, pink. White, green, brown, purple, orange. What things do you imagine with these colors? Make a coloring book.

  Write down the thoughts of a crazy person.

  Some people talk to themselves. What do they say?

  Sometimes people say things that you remember all your life. Write down such a conversation.

  Write a goodbye conversation.

  Listen to other people's conversations. Write down what you hear, word for word.

  Write a jump-rope rhyme.

  Make up ten modern superstitions.

  Write a horoscope for each sign in the zodiac.

  Write the rules to a new game.

  Write a ransom note.

  Write a pretend advice column. Use your own problems.

  Write a script for a soap opera.

  If you could say something over the school intercom, what would it be?

  What is the difference between a person and a robot? Express this difference by imagining you are a robot turning into a person, or a person turning into a robot.

  Does everybody have something special about them? Pick a character from regular, everyday life and show how special that person can be.

  Write a story. At the start, make the character very likeable. By the end, make the character a real stinker! (or, vice versa!)

  Look out of your window. Write your first impression of each passer-by.

  Who is the funniest person you ever met? Why?

  Imagine somebody absolutely rich and absolutely famous. Follow that person on his/her heels from the time he/she wakes up to the time he/she goes to bed.

  Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny---invent someone new.

  Write about a group of friends. Do they all get along? Are they all from the same background? How are their personalities different, or the same?

  It was an unforgettable field trip!

  Write a fable, with a moral at the end.

  Write how somebody very scared would sound over the telephone.

  Write a poem from the point of view of a musical instrument.

  There is a conversation going on between the librarian and someone very, very loud.

  Somebody is whispering a secret in your ear.

  The peasant is having a conversation with the queen.

  Pretend you are sorry. Write an apology. What are you sorry about?

  Write a conversation between a brother and a sister, or a sister and a sister, or a brother and a brother.

  How does it feel to fly?

  Write words to a song for someone who feels left out.

  Do not write "I was surprised," but make it clear to the reader that you were surprised. What was the big surprise?

  What would a liar say?

  How do things look when you're confused?

  Write something using exclamation points as your only punctuation.

  Write a poem about being tickled.

  Look through the eyes of a fish.

  Describe somebody blowing a very big bubble.

  Go to a public place such as a library, restaurant, park or bus. Pick someone you've never met before as a subject, and describe that person.

  Look up from the dentist's chair.

  Imagine your family at a party. Describe what you see.

  Sit at the kitchen table, choose three foods to eat. Describe how each one tastes.

  Write a crazy T.V. Guide!

  Look in a mirror. Write everything you see.

  Hey, you were a baby once! Look up from your crib.

  What would it be like to be in jail?

  Describe the school of your dreams!

  Write a dictionary for words in any subject area you choose: math, sports, dance, rocks, cooking, travel...

  Write an advertisement for a new invention.

  What makes a person ugly? Describe a very ugly person.

  What makes a person beautiful? Describe a very beautiful person.

  Hold something in your hand. Compare it to other things. Make a list, "this thing is like..."

  The title is, "I'm someplace I do not want to be."

  A martian has come to visit. Describe this planet, Earthling ambassador!

  Describe a room in your home.

  Describe your neighborhood on a summer evening.

  Make it happen again! Describe a memory you have.

  Write a script for the master of ceremonies of a funny fashion show.

  Write a pamphlet about how to give a theme party. Include an invitation, menu and party games.

  Describe something very sharp.
Describe something very smooth.
Describe something very rough.

  You are a stray cat in the park. Describe things through a cat’s eye.

  Describe somebody you admire.

  Title: "The Greatest Garbage Story Ever Told."

  Title: "Jealousy in the Jungle."

  The time machine works! What adventure is ahead?

  Title: "The Difficult Choice."

  It was a case of mistaken identity!

  Sneaky, sneaky! Write a mischievous plan.

  Write about any of the following: * A town at the bottom of the sea
* An upside-down town
* A city at the end of a rainbow
* A land at the center of the earth

  Spend the day as a balloon.

  Grownups can be so unfair! Describe an incident in which you were treated unfairly because of your age.

  Something mysterious has happened to your whole class! Only you can change things back to the way they were.

  Run away and join the circus.

  How did you ever end up on the moon? How will you ever get back to Earth?

  Write a romance between an unusual pair of lovers.

  Pretend you are one hundred years old and write a timeline of your life's highlights.

  You have just met a fortune teller. What does he/she tell you? Does it come true?

  Write a story about being on your own in the city or the countryside.

  It was a great money-making scheme!

  Tell a story about a pet you own, or imagine an incident with a pet you would like to own.

  Describe a walk down the street from the point of view of a ninety-year-old person.

  Write a cumulative story, like "The House that Jack Built."

  Write and illustrate a comic strip.

  Write a story about a big contest.

  Write a story about how two lonely people meet.

  Change a fairy tale around your way!

  Review three restaurants.

  Have a conversation with an angel.

  Outsmart a devil in your own trickster tale.

  Make up interview questions for a teacher, a movie star, a president, a neighbor...then, seek answers!

  Make a list of things to say to a person who is having an awful day.