Story Prompts

To start a story, choose one item from each column. Then add it to
the Super Easy Storytelling Formula:

Who wants What but Why Not = a fun story

Need help? Use our Storytelling How-to Guide at SuperEasyStorytelling.com

Who Wants But WHY NOT

What

WHO should the WHAT does the WHY nOT- why can’t the
story be about character want character get what it wants

Animal Shark Get the One Thing He/She has Always Has an Attack of the Hiccups
Hippo Dinosaur Wanted Doesn’t Know How
Puppy Penguin Become a Dancer Evil Nemesis Has Other Plans
Insect Millipede Invent Something
Ladybug Goliath Beetle Doesn’t Have the Right Clothes/Gear
Spider Butterfly Ride a Roller Coaster Is Very Clumsy
Occupation PE Teacher Travel to a New Planet Is Allergic to Fun
Ballerina Scientist Be Bigger or Smaller Gets Distracted by a Dance Party
Astronaut Pirate Make a Friend Can’t Find What He’s Looking For
Vehicle Dump Truck Bend Air and Water
Sports Car Motorcycle Forest Comes to Life
Hot Air Balloon Dune Buggy Ride a Camel Gets Trapped in a Tower
Fantasy Creature Fairy Build a Catapult Pit of Slime In the Way
Wizard Zombie Rule the World Minions Quit
Monster Alien Win a Watermelon Seed Spitting Gravity Just Became Super Strong
Courtly Person King Contest
Knight Noble Steed Is Scared
Build a New Home
Princess Court Jester Giant Ladybug
Make Disco Clothes Fashionable Again
Object/Thing Bubble Space Junk Crashes to Earth
Blob of Goo Superhero’s Cape Become a Voice Impersonator
Runaway Train
Tea Pot Robot Tame a Tazmanian Devil
Epic Water Gun Battle
Toy R/C Car Save the World
Chess Piece Box of Crayons Grumpy Alligator
Enjoy a Very Lazy Day
Doll Book Magic Wand is Broken
Bake a Cake
Person Baby Genius Can’t Get any Respect
Super Stink Boy Student Overcome a Fear of Something
Sucked into a Magical Vortex
Grandpa Viking Rescue a Stranded Kitten
Internet is Unavailable
Food Birthday Cake Become a Master Chef
Marshmallow Meatball Burns in the Sun
Be the Most Amazing of Its Kind
Tater Tot Deep-fried Candy Plans Never Work Out Right
Win a Race
Plant Creeping Vine Car/Boat/Spaceship is Broken
Sunflower Apple Tree Change from a Bad Guy into a Good
Meat-eating Plant Rose Guy

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 Story Prompts- Examples
To start a story, choose one item from each column. Then add it to
the Super Easy Storytelling Formula:

Who + What + Why Not = a fun story

Need help? Use our Storytelling How-to Guide at SuperEasyStorytelling.com

Who Wants But WHY NOT

What

WHO should the WHAT does the WHY nOT- why can’t the
story be about character want character get what it wants

A tater tot wants to save the world but she burns in the sun.

A man-eating plant wants to grow bigger but his minions just quit.

A box of crayons wants a very lazy day but they are sucked into a
magical vortex.

A deep-fried candy bar wants to be a master chef but he just can’t get any
respect.

A viking wants to win a watermelon but she’s allergic to fun.

seed spitting contest

wants to overcome her fear but the forest just came to

A fairy
of flying life.

wants to make disco clothes but she has an attack of the

A ladybug fashionable again hiccups.

An astronaut wants to rescue a kitten but gravity just became

from a tree super strong.

© 2015 LoveWell Press Find free storytelling and creative writing resources at SuperEasyStorytelling.com