Hail the conquering HERO!

What is it about a hero/heroine that makes us a readers, story tellers and imagination addicts, want to dive in a world with them and help them reach their goals? We will spend hour after hour encouraging the protagonist character and even dreaming about them at night.  What helps you relate to them? What keeps you hooked to their ploy? I would enjoy hearing about the hero/heroine of the last story you were engrossed in.

Oh Maya you are so wise

"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." - Maya Angelou

What makes a good villain?

Everyone loves the protagonist character but what about the villain? It can be super fun to put together the antagonist character. Together let's create a villain. Here are some of the questions you can answer for me to help put this character together.

•What is the villain's name?
•What does our villain look like?
•Is the villain female or male?
•What is the villain's favorite movie?
•What age is the villain?
•Does the villain have a motive?
•What matters most to the villain?
•Does the villain have any special powers?
•What is the villain's weakness?


Give me your answers and we will make a villain worthy of a story.

Continue the Story

Continue the story is a fun, imagination filled activity. The point of continue the story is to read the the story starter I provide and then add up to a paragraph of your own words. The next person continues to add to what is already written until we have a good length story that is created by several authors with different imaginations.  Let the story wheels turn and together let's continue the story. Remember that this page is designed for middle school and high school students as well as adults so please make sure submissions are appropriate :)

The water is up to my chin now. I need to get my hands free or I'm going to drown. "Help!" I scream

the words. Just like the thousand times before, there is no answer. I wriggle my wrists back and forth

against the rope. Did the rope loosen a little or is it my imagination? ... (And now it's your turn to write the next bit)

Pearl, Oldsmobile, lavendar

I had to choose Andrea's suggestion of Pearl, Oldsmobile, lavender for the three word challenge. Reading those words made this story pop into my head and out of my fingers in about 20 minutes. Although Chris' suggestion of A piece of blue-green sea glass, an acorn, and a torn love letter caused story cogs to start turning as well. So here is the quickly written Three word challenge story. I hope we can do it again and if anyone would like to take the challenge themselves and write a story using any of the words suggested please feel free to e-mail it to me. It could end up on the blog :) as the whole point of this blog is to share stories encourage imagination and have fun.

 

Pearl, Oldsmobile, Lavendar

 

“That?” I stare at the hunk of rusted brown Oldsmobile before me. “That's all I can afford?”

The Three Word Challenge

The challenge, should you choose to accept, is to present me with three random words to develop a story around. The story will be written within the next 48 hours and the person who presents me with the best three words will be credited their part in the story. Not to mention if you are chosen you will have bragging rights to your friends that YOU are the reason this story exists. So give me your best three words and let the challenge begin.