#story starter
WRITING EXERCISE: On The First Day - Writers’ HQ
Saddle up, peeplets, it’s time for a fresh start.
Here’s a quick ‘n’ easy writing exercise to spark off some new ideas. It’s about as simple as you can get AND YET lends itself to a numberless amount of interpretations:
ON THE FIRST DAY…
I’ve started a story, now it’s up to you to continue it! Below I’ve written a short paragraph. Reblog this post and add the next paragraph yourself and let the chain continue until the story gets completed. You don’t have to put too much thought into it, this is just a writing exercise! Just have fun!
The setting sun disappeared behind the trees as I walked steadily towards my car. My exposed arms shuddered against the chill of the cool evening breeze. I glanced down at my wristwatch, which was barely visible in the fading light. 8 o'clock sharp. Taking a moment to marvel at my punctuality, I then reached for the driver’s side door handle. That’s when I heard my name being shouted from somewhere in the distance.
I’ve started a story, now it’s up to you to continue it! Below I’ve written a short paragraph. Reblog this post and add the next paragraph yourself and let the chain continue until the story gets completed. You don’t have to put too much thought into it, this is just a writing exercise! Just have fun!
Tucked away behind acres of dense forest and a thicket of brush sits an old log cabin. Only those who have dared to venture far enough from the beaten path have witnessed its existence first-hand. Others have heard plenty about it via the many stories, fables, and tales that have circulated this small town for generations. The rumors range from the cabin being the haunted meeting place for ghosts, demons, and even aliens, to it simply just being the home of a sweet, lonely old man. I, however, have my own theory about the cabin.
Imagine Person A of your OTP being super nervous about kissing Person B at Midnight New Year’s Eve.
Bonus if Person A is normally the calm, smooth, confident one.
1. “Who the hell do you think you are?”
2. “I didn’t want you! I didn’t want any of this! You should have left well enough alone.”
3. “Are you still there?” “Of course. I’ll always be here.”
4. “We have a visitor.” “A visitor?” “They are waiting at the door?” “What are you talking about? Who’s here?” “A visitor.”
5. “Well, you haven’t changed, have you?”
6. “Arson is not an acceptable coping mechanism.”
7. “Don’t go in there! Don’t! He’s there, he’s back, he’s coming for us!”
8. “I got you that. For your 17th birthday, do you remember?”
9. “I did this for us!”
10. “If you want to go back I won’t stop you. But I am never setting foot in that city again so help me god.”
1) a phone password, a hoodie sleeve soaked in tears, a rumor
2) a whiteboard, a government secret, a bottle of whiskey
3) a broken piano, a violet prom dress, a love-letter
4) an actress on the run, a stolen train ticket, a slightly haunted gas station
5) the smell of cigarette smoke, a stranger’s shirt, an art gallery
6) a feared king, a man that cannot lie, a pile of bones
7) a house that won’t let you leave, a withered tree, a burned book
8) a friend you cannot recognize, a new job, a broken lock
9) a study abroad program, a crying child, a bicycle race
10) a pair of sneakers, a game of hide and seek, an old tree house
Writing Prompt #44
“What can I say? The heart wants what it wants.”
“Yeah, and if you could get your brother’s to stop wanting others ripped out of their ribcages, that’d be great.”
