The Storyteller Decks are a series of physical cards to create flexible & modular creative writing prompts. Shuffle the cards, draw some at random, and start writing!
Great for short stories, to flesh out novels and movie scripts, as a fun activity at home, and for teachers and students in the classroom. Pick a deck below to learn more.
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With four decks to choose from there’s a type of writing prompt for everyone. Generate characters for any genre, add conflict to your story, incorporate settings and objects, and so much more!
Whether you’re writing short stories, a fantasy novel, a romance screenplay or something else, you won't be short of prompts to draw from. You can combine different types of cards from multiple decks to create more complex writing prompts and story premises, and there are literally millions of possible combinations – great if you’re struggling to flesh out a longer story.
*Some decks contain limited adult content – you can sort out unsuitable cards before giving the decks to children.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDAsaG6hhtA
There are more, deck-specific videos on the individual pages of each deck: Deck #01 | Deck #02 | Deck#03 | Deck #04
Deck #01: Images & Questions
With quality images in a range of art styles, you won't be short of inspiration for storytelling in any genre! Draw an image depicting a scene, and a question to apply to that scene. Answer the question and start writing. Learn More →
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Deck #02: Genres, Themes & Objects
Space horror? Western comedy? Time travel romance? With this deck you draw a primary genre and combine it with a sub-genre, to set the foundation for your story. Add an object to incorporate in the story, and a story theme to provide depth. Learn More →
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Deck #03: Conflicts, Goals & Motivations
Conflicts are what make a story, and every character needs goals and motivations. With this deck you get all three, to build a single-sentence story prompt: “Their goal is to [goal card] because [motivation card] but [conflict card].” Learn More →
Conflicts, Goals & Motivations
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Deck #04: Characters, Objects & Situations
A classic writing exercise is to incorporate various objects into a story. This deck takes things several steps further by also providing characters, and situations to put the objects and characters in. The combinations can be hilarious! Learn More →
Characters, Objects & Situations
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