This story starter can help you figure out how to take some great ideas from your head and write them out on paper or on your computer. It will ask you seven simple questions about the characters, their goals, first steps toward the goals, problems with those steps, attempts to overcome the problems, a final major crisis, and the ultimate resolution of the story. Just follow the steps and you'll end up with a cool outline for your own creative story.

1. Who do you want the story to be about? In other words, who are your main characters?