You can use these as starter sentences or as the idea for your story:
- When it rains toothpicks, you-know-who is coming.
- Ms. Chenchy said, “Copy down the homework,” and began to write on the blackboard in letters that weren’t familiar to Pat and didn’t even seem to be letters. Everyone else was writing as if nothing was wrong.
- When I finished washing my face, I looked up and saw an unfamiliar face in the mirror—on top of my neck, above my tee-shirt.
- The leader of the world’s smallest nation loved snakes.
- A raven landed on my head, and the people of the realm declared me their ruler.
Isabelle Knight says:
Hi, Gail! Really hope this isn’t a bad way to ask, but I’m a huge fan of your books! Ella Enchanted was one of my favorite books, and actually turned me into an avid reader! It was the first novel that I actually enjoyed, and Ella and Areida are my favorite characters! I also really love Mandy! I read it when I was around nine years old and am now twelve years old and am a published author. I would love to be able to interview you on my blog!!! I really really REALLY love your books, and it would be really cool to be able to interview! Not sure you’ll ever see this, though, so…
Thanks a lot!
Isabelle (btw this is my Mom’s email)
Melinda says:
I love your stories. You’ve inspired me a lot.
Arisole says:
YOU SHOULD KEEP DOING YOUR BLOG!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT IS VERY HELPFUL!!!!!!!! I STILL HAVE TO YELL THIS EVEN IF YOU NEVER SEE THIS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S. This E-mail is fake because I don’t have one. ???? ( Angry snort at you stopping your blog )
Gail Carson Levine says:
I’m delighted the blog has been useful for you! I posted to it weekly for years and finally felt that I was only saying the same old thing in a different way, and fewer and fewer writers were coming to it. I’ve been using it lately for my summer writing workshop. You may have done this already, but I hope you’ll go into the archives and use the search function to find answers to your questions. I do keep an eye on the comments, and I like that some writers are using the space to exchange ideas and support each other. I also watch out for unwelcome spam and delete it. Meanwhile, I’m continuing to write my books.
Arisole says:
I have, thank you, it is really helping me get a spark for writing. ( I recently decided to seriously become a writer. ) Sorry for the outburst. I was just frustrated you had ended before I even knew about it . Honestly, I didn’t think you would see it at all, much less this soon! ( By the way I am Guest # 2991 ) I like that the space is helping me and other writers too.
Arisole says:
???? is supposed to be an angry emoji.