Story Starter - Week Sixteen

This week's Story Starter is a sentence. Write a story or poem inspired by the sentence below. You can use the sentence anywhere in your story. Or you can just use it to inspire a completely different story that doesn't use the sentence below.

The cat just stared at me from my porch, not letting me past.

As always, I love to read what you are writing, so please copy and paste your story or poem into the comments, if you would like to share.

Story Starter - Week Fifteen

This week's Story Starter is a small beginning to a story. Write a story or poem inspired by the paragraphs below. You can use the "beginning" anywhere in your story; it doesn't just have to start your story. Or you can just use it to inspire a completely different story having nothing to do with the sentences below.

The moon's light glinted off the tombstones, surrounding the cemetery in an iridescent light. Tammy didn't think it was a good idea to come to the cemetery; she'd only come along at the insistence of her friends. They thought it would be fun to see who was brave enough to stay in the cemetery the longest. 

But then Tammy saw the grey-colored hand, with torn and eaten-away flesh, start to push its way up out of the ground. 

As always, I love to read what you are writing, so please copy and paste your story or poem into the comments, if you would like to share.

Story Starter - Week Fourteen

This week's Story Starter is a picture. Write a story or poem inspired by the picture below.

by Rebecca Fyfe of Fairy Magic Photos

As always, I would love to read what you write, so please copy and paste what you've written into the comments, if you feel like doing so.

Story Starter - Week Thirteen

This week's Story Starter is a small beginning to a story. Write a story or poem inspired by the paragraphs below. You can use the "beginning" anywhere in your story; it doesn't just have to start your story. Or you can just use it to inspire a completely different story having nothing to do with the sentences below.

David took the bandage off his wrist. The skin underneath was still red and angry looking. A beautiful mermaid, in full color looked back at him from the lines of the tattoo. 

'"David, we have work to do. You need to do exactly as I say." 

The female voice appeared to be coming from his new tattoo, but that was crazy. Right?

As always, I would love to read what you write, so please copy and paste what you've written into the comments, if you feel like doing so.

Story Starter - Week Twelve

This week's Story Starter is a small paragraph. Write a story or poem inspired by the paragraph below. The paragraph can begin your story, end your story or be found anywhere within your story, or you can just use it to inspire a completely different story having nothing to do with the sentence.

"Camryn woke up from the strangest dream and immediately felt that something had changed. Her body felt different, stronger. And she felt a faint tingling, like a mild electrical current, just under the surface of her skin."

As always, I would love to read what you write, so please copy and paste what you've written into the comments, if you feel like doing so.

Story Starter - Week Eleven

This week's Story Starter is a picture. Write a story or poem inspired by the picture below.

photo by Rebecca Fyfe

As always, I would love to read what you write, so please copy and paste what you've written into the comments, if you feel like doing so.

Story Starter - Week Ten

This week's Story Starter is a picture. Write a story or poem inspired by the picture below.

art by Rebecca Fyfe of Melusine Muse Press

As always, I would love to read what you write, so please copy and paste what you've written into the comments, if you feel like doing so.