Whenever I am stuck for an idea, one of my methods of coming up with something is I have a list of characters, a list of objectives/goals and a list of things that can be an Obstacle/Conflict for the character/s.
For example:
Characters:
Boy, girl, fox, dog, cat etc etc.
Objective/Goals:
Rainbow, forest, house, castle, cake etc etc
Obstacles:
Log, boy, girl, fox, tree, river etc etc
So for instances, I'll grab a girl and a fox from the character list, Rainbow and cake from Objective/Goal list and River from Obstacle/Conflict list.
"A girl is walking down a road and sees a rainbow ahead. She becomes excited and runs towards it.
'Oh owe', she says as she stops and sees that there is a river in her way. The rainbow is on the other side.
'How am I going to get across?' says the girl.
She turns and sees a fox on a raft coming down the river. The fox sees the girl.
'Hello? Are you wanting to cross to see the rainbow?' says the fox.
'Why yes, sir!' says the girl.
'Well, that will be 5 tokens please!' says the fox.
The girl becomes sad because she doesn't have 5 tokens.
'Oh, I don't have 5 tokens Mr Fox. I really, really want to see the rainbow.' says the girl to the fox. The fox sees the girl has a cake.
'I see you have a cake. I really, really love cake. Let me have a piece and I'll take you across to see the rainbow.' says the fox.
Happy again, she gives the fox a piece of her cake. The fox takes her on his raft and rows over to the other side of the river. The girl gets off and visits the rainbow."
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