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Each of our serendipity prompts comes with a button-pressing game that's designed to make random ideas come together. Watch your students click through the buttons. Their eyes will light up when the random, serendipitous elements suddenly come together to make a writing idea occur in their heads.

Recently Revised: Serendipitous Character Descriptions This prompt can be enhanced by using Mem Fox's Tough Boris.	Recently Revised: Serendipitous Story Titles This prompt can be enhanced by using Robert Munsch's The Paper Bag Princess.	Recently Revised: Serendipitous Character Names This prompt can be enhanced by using Bertrand Brinley's The Mad Scientist's Club.	Recently Revised: Serendipitous Superheroes This prompt can be enhanced by using Bob McLeod's Superhero ABC.
Recently Revised: Serendipitous Crazy Illustrations This prompt can be enhanced by using David Wiesner's Flotsam.	Recently Revised: Serendipitous Love Metaphors This prompt can be enhanced by using Pat Benatar's "Love is a Batlefield."	Recently Revised: Serendipitous Fortune Cookies This prompt can be enhanced by using W. W. Jacob's "The Monkey's Paw."	Recently Revised: Three Serendipitous Nouns This prompt can be enhanced by using Brian Cleary's A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink.
Recently Revised: Serendipitous Plots & Conflicts This prompt can be enhanced by using chapter 7 of Fletcher's Live Writing	More to Come!	More to Come!	More to Come!
Soon to be Revised!
Serendipitous Setting Descriptions Serendipitous Story Themes Serendipitous Dialogue Scenes Serendipitous Similes Serendipitous Personifications Serendipitous Oxymorons Serendipitous Poetic Phrases		Serendipitous Verbs Serendipitous Adjective Questions Serendipitous Wacky Tabloid Headlines Serendipitous Animals Acting Funny Serendipitous Self-Reflections Serendipitous Causes & Effects Serendipitous Dueling Audiences Serendipitous Persuasive Tones

Not every writer needs story-starters to make a piece of original writing happen, but for those who do, we proudly offer a variety of ways to start, and we hope you'll teach a little about grammar if you choose to share these with your students.

Introduction

Introduction

"Hold the philosophy, hold the adjectives, just give us a plain subject and verb and perhaps a wholesome, nonfattening adverb or two."

--Larry McMurty, screenwriter and essayist

Introduction

"Writing poetry is the hard manual labor of the imagination."

--Ishmael Reed, author

Introduction

"Writing poetry is the hard manual labor of the imagination."

--Ishmael Reed, author

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