Story Starter Scene Prompts-24

Story Starter Prompt
OBJECT:
• Write a 500-3500 word scene using five of fifteen Prompt Words.
• Begin each scene using one of three Scene Starter Sentences.
• Use any combination of (1) sentence/(5) words.
• Do three separate scenes with each prompt sentence if you want.
• Or if you’re really brave, try using ALL 15 prompt words in their proper usage and incorporate all three sentences into your scene hook ins or hooks out.
• Most of all, have fun!


Prompt Words:
1. STATE
2. STATELY
3. MARE
4. MILDEW
5. HONE
6. HOME
7. TRAIN
8. BREAK
9. BRAKE
10. OPULENT
11. OPEN
12. OIL
13. SAVE
14. CELLAR
15. CANTOR

Scene Starter Sentences:
A. "Final Warning."
B. This is the last straw.
C. "Unbelievable."


Happy Writing!

Cheryl Wyatt

Recommending Saving Hope by Margaret Daley

Hi all! I am so excited to tell you about a new book by one of my favorite authors. Margaret is also one of my favorite people in the world. She is a dear friend and the author who took me under her wings on the www.harlequin.com message boards so many years ago when I was first learning to write. I hope you will order this book today, because, while it doesn't have an agenda-driven feel to it, it does speak to an issue that needs more awareness: human trafficking. We think of this happening outside of the U.S. but it's a problem everywhere.

Here's info:

From Margaret: "The reason I wrote Saving Hope, the first book in Men of the Texas Rangers Series, is because human trafficking is over a $32 billion dollar business per year and growing. It touches all countries, including the United States. Some of our young people are being affected by this problem and robbed of their childhood. Through it all I wanted to give a sense of hope through the Lord."


Blurb for Saving Hope:
When a teenager goes missing from the Beacon of Hope School, Texas Ranger Wyatt Sheridan and school director Kate Winslow are forced into a dangerous struggle against a human trafficking organization. But the battle brings dire consequences as Wyatt's daughter is terrorized and Kate is kidnapped.

Now it's personal, and Wyatt finds both his faith and investigative skills challenged as he fights to discover the mastermind behind the ring before evil destroys everyone he loves.


EXCERPT
The opening of Saving Hope:

Rose gripped her cell phone so tightly her muscles ached. “Where are you, Lily?”

“At—Nowhere Motel.” A sob caught on the end of the last word. “Help—me.” Lily’s breath rattled, followed by a clunking sound as though she’d dropped the phone.

Rose paced the small bathroom at Beacon of Hope. “Lily?” Sweat coated her palms, and she rubbed her free hand against her jeans.

Silence taunted her.

What have you done? But the second that Rose asked that question, an image came to mind of her friend lying on the dingy gray sheets in the cheap motel, wasted, trying anyway she could to forget the horror of her life.

“Lily, talk to me. Stay on the line.” Pulling the door open, Rose entered her room. When she saw her roommate, she came to a stop.

Cynthia’s wide-eyed gaze fixed on Rose for a few seconds before the fourteen-year-old dropped her head and stared at the hardwood floor. Rose crossed to her dresser, dug into the back of the top drawer, and grabbed a small, worn leather case.

She pushed past her roommate and headed into the upstairs hallway.

Striding toward the staircase, Rose dismissed her roommate’s startled expression and focused on the crisis at hand. “Lily, are you still there?”

A sound as though someone fumbled the phone and caught it filtered through the connection. “Rose, I need—you.”

“I told you I would come if you wanted to get out. I’ll be—”

A click cut off the rest of Rose’s words. No, Lily. Please hang on.

**You can read the rest of the first chapter at: http://www.margaretdaley.com/2012/02/saving-hope-excerpt/

Amazon: Saving Hope: Men of the Texas Rangers Book 1

Saving Hope on Barnes and Noble

Saving hope on Christianbook

Cheryl Wyatt

Story Starter Scene Prompts-23

Story Starter Prompt
OBJECT:
• Write a 500-3500 word scene using five of fifteen Prompt Words.
• Begin each scene using one of three Scene Starter Sentences.
• Use any combination of (1) sentence/(5) words.
• Do three separate scenes with each prompt sentence if you want.
• Or if you’re really brave, try using ALL 15 prompt words in their proper usage and incorporate all three sentences into your scene hook ins or hooks out.
• Most of all, have fun!


Prompt Words:
1. SASSY
2. STRONG
3. HORSE
4. BUGGY
5. BUGS
6. BRIDLE
7. BRIDAL
8. KETTLE
9. MUSH
10. STEAL
11. COLIC
12. MANE
13. MAIN
14. MAINE
15. HOOF

Scene Starter Sentences:
A. "I'm not the responsible party."
B. "You can say that again."
C. "This isn't funny."


Happy Writing!

Cheryl Wyatt

Story Starter Scene Prompts-22

Story Starter Prompt
OBJECT:
• Write a 500-3500 word scene using five of fifteen Prompt Words.
• Begin each scene using one of three Scene Starter Sentences.
• Use any combination of (1) sentence/(5) words.
• Do three separate scenes with each prompt sentence if you want.
• Or if you’re really brave, try using ALL 15 prompt words in their proper usage and incorporate all three sentences into your scene hook ins or hooks out.
• Most of all, have fun!


Prompt Words:
1. PICK
2. PLUCK
3. GUITAR
4. CLUCK
5. CHICKEN
6. ROOSTER
7. NEIGHBOR
8. INCITED
9. FEATHERS
10. SPILL
11. CORN
12. RANCH
13. PORCH
14. YARD
15. TRESPASS

Scene Starter Sentences:
A. "He did it again."
B. "You need to keep a better eye on those birds."
C. If I have to go over there one more time...

Happy Writing!

Cheryl Wyatt

Story Starter Scene Prompts-21

Story Starter Prompt
OBJECT:
• Write a 500-3500 word scene using five of fifteen Prompt Words.
• Begin each scene using one of three Scene Starter Sentences.
• Use any combination of (1) sentence/(5) words.
• Do three separate scenes with each prompt sentence if you want.
• Or if you’re really brave, try using ALL 15 prompt words in their proper usage and incorporate all three sentences into your scene hook ins or hooks out.
• Most of all, have fun!


Prompt Words:
1. Cart
2. Emergency
3. Flip
4. Race
5. Kids
6. Rail
7. Parent
8. Fued
9. Attraction
10. Apology
11. Dinner
12. Date
13. Secret
14. Solace
15. Proposal

Scene Starter Sentences:
A. "How fast were they going?"
B. "This doesn't look safe."
C. "It'll be fine." At least he hoped.


Happy Writing!

Cheryl Wyatt

Story Starter Scene Prompts-20

Story Starter Prompt
OBJECT:
• Write a 500-3500 word scene using five of fifteen Prompt Words.
• Begin each scene using one of three Scene Starter Sentences.
• Use any combination of (1) sentence/(5) words.
• Do three separate scenes with each prompt sentence if you want.
• Or if you’re really brave, try using ALL 15 prompt words in their proper usage and incorporate all three sentences into your scene hook ins or hooks out.
• Most of all, have fun!


Prompt Words:
1. Blue
2. Basket
3. Hot-Air Balloon
4. Peak
5. Peek
6. Its
7. It's
8. Ride
9. Wish
10. Tangle
11. Landing
12. Hard
13. Safety
14. Rope
15. Rescue

Scene Starter Sentences:
A. "It's coming down!"
B. "You want to what?"
C. This isn't happening.

Happy Writing!

Cheryl Wyatt

Story Starter Scene Prompts-19

Story Starter Prompt
OBJECT:
• Write a 500-3500 word scene using five of fifteen Prompt Words.
• Begin each scene using one of three Scene Starter Sentences.
• Use any combination of (1) sentence/(5) words.
• Do three separate scenes with each prompt sentence if you want.
• Or if you’re really brave, try using ALL 15 prompt words in their proper usage and incorporate all three sentences into your scene hook ins or hooks out.
• Most of all, have fun!


Prompt Words:
1. Shop
2. Cookie
3. Birthday
4. Party
5. Late
6. New
7. Green
8. Pink
9. Polka
10. Girl
11. Buy
12. Rush
13. Home
14. Invite
15. Stranger

Scene Starter Sentences:
A. "I knew you'd forget!"
B. What was he forgetting?
C. "Please tell me the bakery's not closed."


Happy Writing!

Cheryl Wyatt