Story Starters...

Or, Oh My Gosh, What a Crazy Thing that is! Let's Write About it!

Now that you're learned about creating characters, picking a setting, and choose the trouble that starts off your plot, let's write some stories.

First off, look at the goat at the top of the page. What do you think he's thinking? Is there trouble brewing for the goat, or for the person watching him? What kind of trouble do you think it might be? Make some character and setting decisions based upon the picture, decide on your trouble, and write a very short story. Creating a story about a goofy looking goat should be as easy as pie!

How about something harder. Here is a video of a cat. This is an unusual cat. You decide what kind of character he might be, and you decide what his goal might be for getting into trouble. What sort of trouble is he going to get into? Or is the trouble going to be for someone else in your story? (Like I said, an unusual cat. :-)

Meet Burger and Fries.

Here is another video to think about. The trouble here is sort of obvious, but who is having the most trouble here? What will our characters do to get out of trouble? Can you write this story from the point-of-view of the turtle, and also the point-of-view of the cat (either cat or both)? Which story is more interesting, and why?

The Turtle and the Cat

Here is a story I started myself. This one involves a girl named Alice and a cow. A shrinking cow. (What other kind of cow is a girl named Alice going to find?) Alice meets a shrinking cow, and immediately there is trouble. Watch and see!

Alice and the Shrinking Cow

Is Alice doomed to spend the rest of her life this way? Can you write a way for her to get back to normal? And what happens to the cow? Remember...you are making this all up, so you decide!

That's all for now. Keep on writing! (If you don't, that goat at the top of the page will climb in through your window at night and eat your homework. ::wink::)