Story Starter Scene Prompts-28

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. DUTY
2. COURAGE
3. HONOR
4. JUSTICE
5. CODE
6. BROKEN
7. BROTHER
8. COUNTRY
9. MISFIT
10. BAND
11. DEAL
12. COERSION
13. COVERT
14. OPERATIVE
15. ISLAND

Scene Starter Sentences:
A. "It's no longer functional."
B. So you think.
C. "What do you know that you're not telling me?"


Happy Writing!

Cheryl Wyatt

Story Starter Scene Prompts-27

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. SONAR
2. STEALTH
3. SINUS
4. HEADACHE
5. COLD
6. GRAM
7. GRAIN
8. DRUG
9. BORDER
10. PLACEBO
11. GLOBAL
12. SCIENTIST
13. UNDERCOVER
14. AGENT
15. TREASON

Scene Starter Sentences:
A. "They're probably in Mexico by now."
B. "I smell conspiracy."
C. "This reeks of government involvement."


Happy Writing!

Cheryl Wyatt

Story Starter Scene Prompts-26

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. VILE
2. TANK
3. THINK
4. SEAL
5. NAVY
6. PORT
7. WATER
8. DIVE
9. PENCHANT
10.PENDANT
11. DOG
12. TAG
13. LIMP
14. SHOULDER
15. SAVE

Scene Starter Sentences:
A. "It's a go."
B. "Another one?"
C. Another one bites the dust.


Happy Writing!

Cheryl Wyatt

Recommending Stuart Brannon's Final Shot by the Bly Family

It is with a heavy heart that I post this book recommendation because the author Stephen Bly, a great friend to many fellow novelists, as well as a tremendously gifted author, passed away during the writing of it.

His wife and sons completed the manuscript...and the resulting work is both poignant and emotive.

About the authors:



STEPHEN BLY BIO (1944 – 2011) Source: http://blybooks.com/wordpress/media-kit/stephen-bly-bio/

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grad of Fresno State University, CA, Philosophy, summa cum laude

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M. Div., Fuller Theological Seminary, CA, 1974

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first book released, 1981

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Christy Award winner, Westerns, 2002

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Christy Award finalist, Westerns, 2003

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author of 100 fiction and nonfiction books, inc. historical and contemporary westerns

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mayor of Winchester, Idaho, pop. 308 (1999-2007)

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pastor of Winchester Community Church (1990-2011)

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speaker for men’s and writers’ groups, USA and Canada

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member, Western Writers of America

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mentored for Jerry B. Jenkins Christian Writers Guild


Married to writer, Janet Chester Bly, for 48 years and co-authored 19 books.

Resided in north-central Idaho at 4,200 ft. elev. in the ponderosa pines across from Winchester Lake State Park, on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation.

Raised 3 sons: Russell, Michael, & Aaron. The family now includes 3 daughters-in-law, 4 grandchildren & 1 great-grandchild.

Third generation westerner, Steve spent his first 30 years working family ranches and farms in central California.

Hobbies: He collected and restored antique Winchesters; studied histories of Old West; and constructed Broken Arrow Crossing, a false front western village next to his home.

Recent books: Stuart Brannon’s Final Shot, Throw The Devil Off The Train, Cowboy For A Rainy Afternoon, Creede of Old Montana, and The Land Tamers

Janet Chester Bly has authored and co-authored with Stephen Bly thirty nonfiction and fiction books, including Awakening Your Sense of Wonder, Hope Lives Here, The Heart of a Runaway, The Hidden West Series and The Carson City Chronicles. She lives at 4,000 ft. elev. in Winchester, Idaho. Find out more at http://www.blybooks.com/ or http://www.blybooks.blogspot.com/

Russell Bly is married to Lois, father of Zachary and Miranda (married to Chris Ross), and grandfather of 1-year-old Alayah. He is manager of Deranleau’s department store in Moscow, Idaho.

Michael Bly is married to Michelle and is Director of Business Operations for Inland Cellular in Lewiston, Idaho.

Aaron Bly is married to Rina, father of Keaton and Deckard. He’s Manufacturing Supervisor for Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories in Lewiston, Idaho.

Stuart Brannon: The Final Shot by Stephen Bly released March 1st, 2012 in hardback and ebook format and can be ordered through your local bookstore or online bookstore such as

Amazon

Barnes and Noble

or http://www.blybooks.com/

Paperback edition available August 2012.


Stuart Brannon’s Final Shot
By Stephen Bly, with Janet, Russell, Michael and Aaron Bly
Published by Center Point Large Print
Available March 1, 2012

ABOUT THE BOOK:

In 1905, at 58 years old, legendary lawman Stuart Brannon - now a rancher and widower - had no intention of leaving his beloved Arizona Territory to attend the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland, Oregon, nor to participate in the celebrity golf tournament for the Willamette Orphan Farm. Even an emotional appeal for his longtime friend didn’t persuade him. His life no longer consisted of bloodthirsty men to track down . . . people trying to kill him . . . lawless gangs preying on the innocent.

Then the telegram came: Stuart, I need you in Portland. Tim Wiseman is missing. I think there’s a cover-up going on. Tell folks you’re going to the Exposition. Nose around. Find out how a U.S. Marshal can disappear and no one knows why. I’ll contact you there. T.R.

How could he refuse a request from the President of the United States?

For those readers who would like to read the entire Stuart Brannon oeuvre, Greenbrier Book Company will reissue the six books that came before Stuart Brannon’s Final Shot in the spring and summer of 2012 (www.greenbrierbooks.com ).


If you buy only one book in 2012, please let it be this one.

Blessings to all!
Cheryl Wyatt

Story Starter Scene Prompts-25

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. POP
2. PATENT
3. AIRWAY
4. TRUST
5. TRENCH
6. TRIAL
7. COAT
8. TAINTED
9. LEATHER
10.SHOE
11. PRINT
12. FRAME
13. PHOTO
14. STEEPLE
15. REUNION

Scene Starter Sentences:
A. "You're drenched."
B. "What are you doing out here in the cold?"
C. "He left us."


Happy Writing!

Cheryl Wyatt

Recommending Sarai by Jill Eileen Smith

Hey all, do you like Biblical fiction? Then you will love Jill's books. Here's the scoop about Jill and her newest release: Sarai.

Sarai
by Jill Eileen Smith

He promised her his heart. She promised him a son. But how long must they wait?

Sarai, the last child of her aged father, is beautiful, spoiled, and used to getting her own way. Even as a young girl, she is aware of the way men look at her, including her half brother Abram. When Abram finally requests Sarai’s hand, she asks one thing–that he promise never to take another wife as long as she lives. Even her father thinks the demand is restrictive and agrees to the union only if Sarai makes a promise in return–to give Abram a son and heir. Certain she can easily do that, Sarai agrees.

But as the years stretch on and Sarai’s womb remains empty, she becomes desperate to fulfill her end of the bargain–lest Abram decide that he will not fulfill his. To what lengths will Sarai go in her quest to bear a son? And how long will Abram’s patience last?

From PW (Publisher’s Weekly):
“Smith is at her best in handling the triangulated relationship between Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar…Smith breathes new imaginative life into a well-known sacred story.”


Excerpt:
Ur, 2051 BC
Sarai glanced across the courtyard, catching Abram’s gaze. His half smile and the twinkle in his eye warmed her more than the wine she had tasted at the start of the ceremony. Music drifted around them as the bridal couple—their nephew Lot and his new wife, Melah—took their seats on the bench beneath the canopy and accepted rich foods from the hands of the servants.

“This whole wedding is a disgrace, you know.” Sarai’s sister-in-law Milcah stood at her elbow and leaned close to her ear. “Why her father agreed to the marriage after Lot had already humbled the girl . . . Though I suppose he didn’t have much choice. Who else would want her after she’d already given in to Lot’s charms?” Milcah batted at a fly, sending it away. “I can’t imagine why Lot couldn’t wait with such a one. It’s not as though she’s a beauty or a temptress. It seems like he could have done better.” The last words came out in a whisper as Milcah moved in close again.

Sarai turned from watching the bridal couple to meet Milcah’s pinched gaze. “If it is true that a babe is already on the way, it is better they marry.” She had wearied of the heated debate and shame Lot had brought down on her household, particularly on Abram.

“Abi Terah seems pleased with the arrangement.” Milcah touched Sarai’s shoulder and pointed toward their father. “Though his conditions did seem a little harsh toward Lot, while Melah came away already with child and married to a man who can never put her aside or take another. I might have given in to Nahor before our betrothal for such a promise.” She laughed at that, then shifted her ample bulk, bursting with child herself, to face Sarai once more.

To read the rest of the chapter, visit Jill’s website here

For links to purchase the book online visit Jill's book page or visit your favorite local bookstore.


Jill Eileen Smith is the bestselling author of Michal, Abigail, and Bathsheba, all part of the the Wives of King David series. Her research into the lives of David's wives has taken her from the Bible to Israel, and she particularly enjoys learning how women lived in Old Testament times. She lives with her family in southeast Michigan.