Creative writing exercise(any genre)

This was an old high school creative writing lesson I loved doing. The basic principle of the lesson was to create a short story starting with a sentence provided.

You just need to start off the first paragraph of your story with ONE of the following sentences.

====Here are the sentences you will be working with.=====

For a brief moment, I sat there in silence terrified for my life.

I opened my eyes to see him standing next to me with a coy smirk on his face as if nothing ever happened.

Running down the streets of our town, The strange creature shrilled and howled in a odd manner as If someone frightened it.

As I opened the discolored envelope, There was an eerie silence in the room.

I wasn't sure how I was going to pull this off, but I had too, or else I would never see ("insert name name") again.

The hardest part of writing is the first sentence and tying up loose ends.I did half the hard work for ya, so let's see some creative writing!

Story- should be at least 1 page long with resolution to events taking place in your story. It should be as legible as you can make it. Grammar isn't a must, but should be fluid and coherent enough to understand. Huked on phoniks doezn't werk 4 every1!

ratings to join: Your rating should be high and have at least one trade to join. I will be looking through them and banning recent 3's. If you were unfairly rated, then please contact me and i'll decide from there.

Tips:Look through your partner's profile to get ideas for your story. See what genre they read and try to incorporate that into your writing.

(optional)

bonus things to include:

Draw a picture,atc card, or include something in your letter from the story you wrote.(ie- The main character died in your story with a brochure to a grand resort he had been saving for. you could include that in your letter to set the mood.)

Audio: a mixed cd to set the mood, or perhaps your story is best told campfire style rather written.

I look forward to this swap and hearing about your creations.