by Annette | Jun 1, 2021 | Contemporary, Romance Story, Romance Story Starter, Romance Story Starters, Romance Writing, Story Starters
One of the lovely things about vintage items is that they come with a story. Now, for you and I, the story is generally imagined. However, for the heroine of this story, she can feel the story of a vintage item when she touches it and if the story is strong enough,...
by Annette | May 29, 2021 | Contemporary, Romance Story, Romance Story Starter, Romance Story Starters, Romance Writing, Story Starters, Suspense
Your heroine’s fiancé died 5 years ago. As she’s sitting in her home feeling sorry for herself and binging on ice cream, she sees him on the evening news. WTF!!! She hops the next flight to the city where the new story took place and…. What kind of...
by Annette | Feb 15, 2021 | Contemporary, Romance Story, Romance Story Starter, Romance Story Starters, Story Starters
Your heroine has been through the wringer. She had a terrible childhood and grew up in poverty. She married, divorced, and lost everything she’d built. Now she’s determined that she’s going to land herself a rich husband and be done with her money worries once and for...
by Annette Elton | Mar 23, 2017 | Contemporary, Romance Story Starters
Your heroine finds a man standing on the dangerous side of a bridge railing. She’s terrified that he is on the verge of jumping. What does she do? Does she talk him down? Does he jump? If so, what happens to her? What happens to him? For example, maybe he jumps,...
by Annette | Sep 30, 2013 | Story Starter Sunday
Your heroine is in a new neighborhood. She’s walking her dog. Her dog smells something and takes her on a wild run. The dog stops. What does it find and what happens next? This starter was inspired by a walk I took with my pug, Charlie, this morning. He went a...
