Task 53 Set of Three

Choose a set of three elements and write a story that contains all three of them! 

1.    A stolen ring, fear of spiders, and a sinister stranger.

2.    A taxi, an old enemy, and Valentine's Day.

3.    Identical twins, a party invitation, and a locked closet.

4.    A broken wristwatch, peppermints, and a hug that goes too far.

5.    Aerobics, a secret diary, and something unpleasant under the bed.

6.    An ex-boyfriend, a pair of binoculars, and a good-luck charm.

7.    An annoying boss, a bikini, and a fake illness.

8.    The first day of school, a love note, and a recipe with a significant mistake.

9.    A horoscope, makeup, and a missing tooth.

10.  A campfire, a scream, and a small lie that gets bigger and bigger.

Extreme challenge: combine three of the elements with one of the other short story ideas on this page.

Task 50: A Special Place

Describe a significant place, allowing the details to reveal why the place matters. Describe it from a tree or rooftop or from a hawk’s point of view. Describe it from the height of a dog or a turtle.

Task 49: Socks

Write a funny** story involving socks.

**You can change 'funny' to any emotion--sad or angry or mushy, etc, and 'socks' to any normally boring overlooked topic, but for some reason, socks seem to work best as a prompt. (from Audrey deLong, North Carolina)

Taken from http://writingfix.com/classroom_tools/dailypromptgenerator.htm

Task 37: Continue to Write 1#

Doug stuck his hand in the box and immediately pulled it out. "Ow," he said. He licked the side of his index finger as if it had honey on it.

(Continue to write about who Doug is, where he is, and what is in the box...)

Taken from https://letterpile.com/writing/100-short-story-novel-prompts

Task 34: Curse Poem

Write a poem that begins with pronouncing a curse or a spell on someone or something. For example:

A curse on Samantha

Who ate my dessert

I hope her belly begins to hurt,

I hope her toenails all turn green

(I hope this doesn't

Sound too mean.)

Suggested curses: A curse on gossipers, smokers, speeding drivers, rainy weather, daylight

saving, pot holes, homework, long queues, late buses, flat lemonade, jack hammers, boredom

Task 31: Couplets

Write two lines of poetry that rhyme and make sense. For example:

December is a month of goodwill

But too much food and you'll be ill.

Suggested topics: False teeth, grasshoppers, rain, poetry, pimples, madness, swimming pools, rhubarb, toucans

Taken from: http://education.maritime.history.sa.gov.au/documents/PoetryWordgames.pdf

Task 23: What Happens on the Way? #1

One cold winter's day, a family goes on a journey by motorbike. They are going to look for treasure. For this story I want you to write a story about what happens to the family along the way. Your story should have characters and a cohesive plot. A minimum of one page. 

Task 21: 300 words of dialogue

Write about 300 words of dialogue. Remember to give the dialogue a title. Show the difference between the two speakers only through the language they use (i.e don't use 'he said', 'she said', etc.)

If you need some inspiration you can begin by using some of the following lines:

"Somehow we need to persuade him to part with a million dollars."

"There's something I need to get off my chest."

"Spare some change, please?"

"Well? What happened? I want all the details!"

Task 16: The First Line

You must write a story that has a beginning, middle and an end. The story should be a minimum of one page long and must begin with one of the following first line:

1.  He sat absolutely still as the footsteps got louder

2.  He hadn't seen anything like it in twenty years of teaching

3.  There was a strange wailing sound coming from the next room

4.  He opened the door to find her standing there, crying.

5.  The footsteps were moving away

6.  The pen hadn't been worth stealing

7.  As she stopped to catch her breath, she looked back

8.  She was beginning to realize how far down in her memory she'd buried her teenage years

9.  She took a deep breath and said to her boss -

10.         He was stunned - the stranger in front of him looked exactly like the girl he'd been dreaming about 

11.         She was carried along by the crowd

12.          Please try to persuade him to come, for my sake

13.         She felt for the lock in the dark

14.         The text message simply said 'very clever'

15.          It would only be a fling - she wasn't about to break up the happy home

16.          They had to work together so they were going to have to learn to get along

17.          As he flicked through the letters, a small, handwritten envelope caught his attention and his heart began to thump

18.         He wanted her job and it would be easy enough to

19.         The two girls tried to open the rusty metal box.

20.         The pink glove lay on the ground, almost covered

Task 15: Shopping List

Write a shopping list appropriate to a particular person. The list must be written in full rhyme. For example, a plumber's shopping list might read:

                   

A rubber plug

A metal lug

A very small spanner

A daily planner

A pair of pliers

A selection of wires

Suggested subjects: A teacher, a new mother, a gardener, a teenager, an artist, a footballer, a witch, a bride-to-be, a child starting school for the first time.

Found at: http://education.maritime.history.sa.gov.au/documents/PoetryWordgames.pdf