Creative Jumpstart

Kickstart #9

Here are some first sentences from stories that could go in any direction. Jump on and let your imagination take you for a ride:

1. When I looked out onto the lake, there floating on the water was the most amazing thing I'd ever seen.

2. "Stow away! Stow away down below!" yelled the captain.

3. As Samantha gazed across the dance floor at Jason, her heart sank.

4. The hamster had lived in Mrs. Bottom's 3rd Grade Classroom for a year now and only one person had heard him speak.

5. The frost was still on the window pane when Pa and I set out into the woods.

6.	Clop, clop. Ding, dong. Achoo. What's that coming this way?

7. "Go away," Mama said. "I'm trying to work."

8. There wasn't another princess in all the kingdom who had a wart on her nose.

9. Hanging onto Thunder's mane as the chestnut stallion galloped across the field, Felicia felt free for the first time in months.

10. "Pass the ketchup, please," Steve said, sticking another french fry up his nose.