Prompt: Convince your parents you deserve a new car.
Starter: “Was that supposed to hurt?”
Quote: “Beware: It is a quick transition from nourishing sense of gratitude to a poisonous sense of entitlement.” -Steve Maraboli
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Prompt: Write about your first memory.
Starter: Trouble has a way of finding me.
Quote: “We do not remember days, we remember moments.” -Cesare Pavese
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Prompt: Describe a time in your life when you hit rock bottom.
Starter: “Go ahead. Defend yourself.”
Quote: “And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I built my life.” -JK Rowling
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Prompt: Sunset
Starter: She was a million miles away.
Quote: “I do not over-intellectualize the production process. I try to keep it simple: Tell the damned story.” -Tom Clancy
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Prompt: The first time I…
Starter: I wanted to. Oh, how I wanted to.
Quote: “The scariest moment is always just before you start.” -Stephen King
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Prompt: Would you rather be too hot or too cold? Why? Explain then tell of a time when you were one of each.
Starter: “Tell me again why you think you deserve a raise.”
Quote: “Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have not unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.” -William Strunk, Jr.
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Prompt: Describe your antagonist’s worst fear.
Starter: She should have known this was not meant for her.
Quote: “Your writing voice is the deepest possible reflection of who you are. The job of your voice is not to seduce or flatter or make well-shaped sentences. In your voice, your readers should be able to hear the contents of your mind, your heart, your soul.” -Meg Rosoff
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Prompt: Describe your protagonist’s worst fear.
Starter: I will not be afraid, I will not be afraid, I will not be afraid…
Quote: “The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.” -Lee Iacocca
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Prompt: Toga
Starter: Love makes us do crazy things.
Quote: “Experience is the teacher of all things.” -Julius Caesar
“It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life.” -Julius Caesar
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Finding the Write Idea 