I may have mentioned these before, during one of my writing classes, but I guess I'll post about it again. It's an exercise we did a couple times up at the writer's retreat.
They called it "stream of consciousness." You start with a short phrase (we used "In the woods, I..." and "I always see..."). Then you begin writing. You have a time limit. Maybe only two minutes, maybe ten. And during that time, you write constantly. Just start, and continue to put down anything that comes into your head. No breaks! You can get some interesting stuff this way. And it's a good thing to do when you don't know what else to write.
Any other ideas for starter phrases?
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