A dead historical figure is back. Who? Why? How? (Zombie? Ghost? Reincarnation? Time Machine?) What does he/she do?
An object has an intelligence and personality and can speak to its user. What does it want? Why? How will it get it?
The "bad guys" are attacking the "good guys" again. Only our hero can save them! What's the problem? How does hero save the day?
Protagonist is trapped! Where? Why? How? Get protagonist out of there!
Homework
In class you spent ten minutes with each prompt, then talked briefly about it with a group. Tonight, spend twenty (solid) minutes writing more on the prompt you felt had the most potential to be a real story.
