Story+Starters

Two ways to use wikis for writing: Story Starters and Story Prompts **Story Starters** //**Below you will find Story Starters. Each is the first line of a story. Your task is to use that line and add to it to create the beginning of a short story. After 6 minutes, you will switch stories with a classmate and**// **//you will build upon his or her short story.//**
 * 1) Something Happened on the Way to the Dentist
 * 2) Journey to the Center of the Earth
 * 3) Guess What? - My Homework Ate My Dog
 * 4) Dear Cinderella,
 * 5) "Base to Captain SkyFighter, Base to Captain SkyFighter. Come in Captain SkyFighter."
 * 6) Dumbledore, I'm your father.
 * 7) One night, I looked out the window and I saw...
 * 8) Sometimes I think my best friend has strange powers. Every time he's around...
 * 9) When Mickey Mouse met Lindsay Lohan...
 * 10) "I shall call him Squishy, and he shall be mine. And he shall be my Squishy."
 * 11) Squeaky, uh, squeak, squeaker, squeakin'.
 * 12) Two languages in one head!?! No one can live at that speed!
 * 13) "I can't stand it!! It's so FLUFFY!"
 * 14) That morning when I woke up, something was different. I felt funny and different.
 * 15) Why? Why do we have to visit Grandma? Every summer we visit Grandma.
 * 16) It was a strange night. There seemed to be a chill in the air.
 * 17) Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to be a cat.
 * 18) The timid crayon collector cancelled the for the lawyer.
 * 19) The bully was singing in the garage.

=**Story Prompts**= 20. Describe the Presidential Inauguration as an entry in Elmo's Diary 21. Write from the point of view of a raindrop. 22. Write an obituary for Willy Wonka 23. Write down the thoughts of a crazy person. 24. Write a ransom note for the Princess Bride - Princess Buttercup 25. Write and advice column on how to tactfully break up with someone. 26. Write a Food review as if you were Anthony Bourdain 27. Write a conversation between Juliette and Miss. Piggy
 * Find more story starters at Thinkquest.org or The story starter **
 * //Below you will find Story prompts. Each is prompt for writing a short story. Your task is to use the inspiration and add to it to create the beginning of a short story. After 6 minutes you will switch stories with a classmate and you will build upon his or her short story.//**