1) Use a sentence starting with the word "I."
-I remember when...
-I had forgotten about...
-I wish I'd never...
2) Find a random picture and make up a story about it. Stock photos are a great source, and at www.fotosearch.com you can do a keyword search for interesting images. Perhaps your keywords could be: balloon, Italian, salad, or snow.
3) Use all the letters of a proper name to create your first sentence.
A few examples:
SHEILA: Sandra Hampton erased Ian's letters again. They weren't exactly letters, since they were emails, but they were...
EDWARD: Every day Whitney allows Ron Denmark to make her feel like losing her religion.
ZOE: Zach owes Ethan. Again. Big time.
4) Write something really off the wall and keep going.
-The first time I married Dan, culottes were still in style.
-Thirty years ago I died giving birth to Imogene Elizabeth Cunningham. At least that was supposed to be her name...
-It was time for my 12:00 feeding.
-The rain in Spain caused pain for Lorraine.
-Four thousand, six hundred, twenty-eight dollars and seventy-two cents ago my integrity was still intact.
-Today when I leave to go to work, I'm not coming back.
-Barbara Bell Bivens believed bad boys belonged behind bars.
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