Here’s a list of words you can use if you’re playing the Who-What-When-Where-How game for inspiration. Print them out and cut them up to pick randomly, then populate into the sentences below as an opening to a short story. The words give you the Who, What, When, Where and How. Your aim is to explain the Why in your story.
Who
The princess
David Cameron
Batman
Lionel Richie
A small child
The evil count
A tiger
A pack of wolves
Mystic Meg
Santa Claus
What
Skirt
Stereo
Cat
Bible
Concert tickets
Ransom note
Popcorn
Tin of beans
Fishing Rod
When
Ancient Egyptian
Victorian
Gregorian
1920s
Post-war
Prehistoric
30th Century
Roman
Tudor
Jurassic
Where
Beach
Cattle market
Swamp
Pig farm
Garden shed
Board room
Monastery
Drafty barn
Steam room
How
In terror
Angrily
Lazily
Enthusiastically
Joyfully
In despair
Nervously
Noisily
Quietly
In a panic
The sentences we used were:
(Who) clutched the (What) and ran (How) through the (When) (Where).
and
Speaking (How) in the (Where), (Who) gestured at the (When) (What).
Have fun!
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