A fun thing to do is to take turns making up stories. Here are some great prompts for making up stories:
1) Pick out a picture from a book or a magazine and make up a story to go with it.
2) Take turns giving each other the first line of a story, and then have each person make up a story to go with the first line they are given.
3) Take turns giving each other the last line of a story, and then have each person make up a story to go with the last line they are given.
4) Take turns giving each other a list of five words. Each person has to make up a story using the five words they were given.
5) Write down the first five words that come into your mind and make up a story using them.
6) Take turns giving each other a character for a story, and then each person has to make up a story using the character they were given.
7)Take a line from a song, and make up a story based around it.
8) Take a line from a book, and make up a story based around it.
9) Pick out an object in the room, and make up a story based around it.
10) Arbitrarily make up a story.
Please feel free to comment below with any other ideas for starting a story.
Enjoy!
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