Story Openers
Are you groping for words to open a story? Here are a few starters:
- My future might have been prophesied from these events...
- Let me tell you about.?
- Here, get under the shawl with me and listen to this hair-raising story.
It was a wild and woolly.?
- During my early years.?
- Long ago and far away.? (still an all-time favorite)
- Once upon a time.? (another treasure)
- I am uncertain about what my memory truly recalls of these events but
there I was.?
- I was about 8 years old when this happened. One morning.?
- My older brother/sister had a tendency to.? and this once caused.?
-As children, we often.?
-I am reminded of the time.?
-There was a particular kind of.?
-If only I could have.?
-One day I was watching.?
-It was in the Fall of 19xx.?
-I particularly recall.?
-The toys I remember.?
-Sometimes, in the dark of night, when the wind howls through the eaves,
I think back to the time when.?
--'Twas a dark and stormy night.? (another Old Faithful)
Grandchild and grandparent know they enjoy being together, and
storytelling is part of the fun; also, grandchildren know that grandmas
and grandpas usually have fascinating memories of their childhood and
about what happened to the family over the years.
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