Morning Story Starters

Choose a starter to use for a story or poem of your own

Work silently - be quite with your own thoughts and ideas

Find a comfortable spot to work where you won't be disturbed.

1. I didn’t mean to kill her. 
2. The air turned black all around me.
3. Icy fingers gripped my arm in the darkness.
4. Wandering through the graveyard it felt like something was watching me. 
5. The eyes in the painting follow him down the corridor. 
6. A shrill cry echoed in the mist
7. Icy wind slashed at his face and the rain danced its evil dance upon his head as he tried to get his bearings on the isolated beach. 
8. Footsteps slowly creaked on every step of the stairs. The bedroom door handle turned slowly. 
9. Death lurked in every door way with hell at one dark window. Inspired by A. Noyes 'The Highwayman'
10. My hair stood on end, a shiver raced down my spine and a lump came to my throat. It was him...

Plan - words lists - ideas - brianstorm - picture

Draft - miss lines as you write

Publish

More starters tomorrow