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Story Starter
Shuffle a family friendly writing prompt to beat writer's block and start your story.
Shuffle a story starter
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Prompts shuffled: 0 · Prompts available: 0
How to use the Story Starter
- Press Shuffle to draw a random story starter.
- Keep shuffling until a prompt sparks an idea you like.
- Copy the prompt and start writing your scene or chapter.
Features
- Thirty six family friendly writing prompts
- Shuffled so no prompt repeats until all are seen
- Copy button for the prompt text
- Works offline on desktop and mobile
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the free online story starter.
A story starter is a single opening line or idea that gives you somewhere to begin, so a
blank page turns into a first sentence.
Press Shuffle to draw a prompt, keep pressing until one appeals to you, then press Copy and
start writing from that line.
Yes. All thirty six prompts are family friendly and imaginative, which makes them suitable
for classrooms and young writers.
Not until you have seen them all. The prompts are dealt from a shuffled queue, so each one
appears once before the pack is reshuffled.
Yes. Teachers, tutors and writing groups are welcome to use the prompts for lessons, warm
ups, homework and group exercises.
It uses the browser's cryptographic random generator with rejection sampling, so every
prompt in the pack has an equal chance.
No. There is no account, no email address and no sign up. Press Shuffle and the prompt
appears immediately in your browser.
Yes. It is completely free with no limits, no advertising inside the tool and nothing to
install on your device.
Last updated: October 10, 2026