Archive for the 'Short Story Starters' Category

One day I have to run out of ideas for this series. Here is yet another set of suggestions to use as short story starters. Hope you find something in this lot that will set your creative juices flowing. Don’t forget to let me know how your writing goes.

Short Story Starters:

1. Jack was not impressed. After all, wasn’t he the one who….
2. Angela hesitated. “I can still walk away,” she told herself as she moved her finger towards the doorbell.
3. It was the last thing Cindy wanted to hear. It was clear that her…
4. Dan leaped through the opening. “Yaaaah!” he yelled. “At last I’ve….
5. Carol sat up like a guard dog alert to an intruder’s footsteps.
6. “How can you possibly think THAT!” yelled Tom. “When I was…
7. Ellen noticed that her hands were shaking. Her stomach churned like a giant cement mixer. She felt like….

Conditions of use:

• Feel free to use any of the story starters listed above. Change anything to suit your needs.
• Give it your best shot.
• Edit your work carefully before sending it off to a publisher or posting it on your blog.
• Let me know in the comments section how it went.
• If you publish your story on your web site or on your blog let me know so I can make a link to it for others to read.

Related articles:

• Sixteen Scintillating Short Story Starters

• Seven Short Story Starters

• Seven More Short Story Starters

So there you go.

Good writing.

This series of articles is proving to be very popular with readers of this blog. Go ahead and use any of these ideas for writing short stories.

1. Peter hesitated. Where was this path going? He…
2. Renee was angry. How dare James treat like that? Leaving the room she…
3. Susan seemed not to notice that the clock had stopped. She…
4. The parcel was just what Trevor had been waiting for. He quickly…
5. Vince pretended to be asleep. As Alison crept into the bedroom he…
6. Wendy could not longer hold back the tears. As the…
7. Just as Yolanda opened the door, her phone rang. It…

Conditions of use:

• Feel free to use any of the story starters listed above.
• Give it your best shot.
• Edit your work carefully before sending it off to a publisher or posting it on your blog.
• Let me know in the comments section how it went.
• If you publish your story on your web site or on your blog let me know so I can make a link to it for others to read.

Related articles:

• Another Seven Short Story Starters – more ideas for writing, with links to heaps more story starters.

Previously I have written and posted lists of short story starters for writers. These have proven to be quite popular with readers of this blog. So today we have another seven short story starters.

Another Seven Short Story Starters:

1. Alison was angry. She had worked so hard for so long. Now it seemed to have been a total waste of time.
2. Ben wasted no time getting to the bank. This had to be his lucky day.
3. The sudden change in wind direction caught Carol by surprise.
4. Daniel gave a polite cough. It didn’t attract the attention he wanted. He cleared his throat, took a deep breath and reached for the bell. It was now or never.
5. As the car tyres crunched on the gravel, Eliza realised…
6. “I’m going now,’ announced Frank as he opened the door. “Are you coming?”
7. Gina stared at the doctor. Her mind churned in confusion. How could she…

Conditions of use:

• Feel free to use any of the story starters listed above.
• Give it your best shot.
• Edit your work carefully before sending it off to a publisher or posting it on your blog.
• Let me know in the comments section how it went.
• If you publish your story on your web site or on your blog let me know so I can make a link to it for others to read.

Related articles:

• Sixteen Scintillating Short Story Starters

• Seven Short Story Starters

• Seven More Short Story Starters

So there you go.

Good writing.

A few days ago I wrote a list of seven short story starters for anyone with writer’s block to use. I hope they inspired someone to write an absolutely wonderful story or two or seven.

Here is another seven more short story starters for your consideration.

Seven More Short Story Starters +1

1. Peter wondered what would happen if he pressed the green button.
2. Annie was devastated. How could she go on knowing what had happened to her friend.
3. Roger could hear terrified yelping coming from the near the back door.
4. The bright light blinded Karen momentarily, just before she fainted.
5. Corey could hardly believe his eyes.
6. Felicity stopped. This was not normal. She stared at the open window.
7. Frank’s eyes flickered. A sharp pain jabbed through his eyes. He sat up, not understanding what he was looking at.

• Bonus idea: “I can’t see anything,” sobbed Anita.

Related articles:

• Sixteen Scintillating Short Story Starters

• Seven Short Story Starters

Conditions of use:

• Feel free to use any of the story starters listed above.
• Give it your best shot.
• Edit your work carefully before sending it off to a publisher or posting it on your blog.
• Let me know in the comments section how it went.
• If you publish your story on your web site or on your blog let me know so I can make a link to it for others to read.

The last time I wrote a list of Sixteen Scintillating Short Story Starters they were very popular – if my site stats are to be believed. It seems plenty of people were looking for story ideas.

So here goes with a new list, this time only seven. Why only seven? I’m tired, I’ve been busy and the day is going quickly. If this is not enough, let me know in the comments section and I’ll try to do more next week.

Promise.

If the brain is not overloaded too much!

Seven Short Story Starters:

1. I think I shall never forget Angela. Especially that fateful day when she…
2. John is not one to suffer fools easily. Only last week he…
3. “How could you do that?” asked Jennifer. “I always thought that you…”
4. I didn’t realise I was so close to the railway track until I heard the roar of the engine bearing down on where I stood crouched. How could I…
5. “Stop!” interrupted Tim. “I think I can see the problem. Why don’t we…”
6. “There is no use running. There is nowhere to go.” Don paused to allow his statement to sink in. “You might as well sit down and rest. Then we…”
7. I’d never seen an elephant outside of a zoo. As I faced the monster in front of me…

Conditions:

• Feel free to use any of the story starters listed above.
• Give it your best shot.
• Edit your work carefully before sending it off to a publisher or posting it on your blog.
• Let me know in the comments section how it went.
• If you publish your story on your web site or on your blog let me know so I can make a link to it for others to read.