I had this idea for a starter for a creative writing exercise:
Ben and Kristen are newly weds who have just found their dream home. Unfortunately, it's way beyond their price range, or rather it would be if the owner hadn't come up with an interesting compromise: He'll sell them the home for a fraction of the price as long as they promise to never go into the garage for a year.
He needs to sell the home quick, but he doesn't have his next home finished yet, so he's going to store some stuff in the garage and promises to move it out within a year max. If he doesn't he says anything in the garage will become the property of Ben and Kristen. If they open the door, however, they'll immediately be responsible for the full cost of the home.
Things to consider:
1) What qualities does the home posses to make it a "dream home"? Remember it's not a mansion, just a dream home!
2) How do Ben and Kristen feel about this? Obviously they accept the deal or else there would be no story, but are they both okay with this situation? Would one of them be upset by the conditions? If only one of them is okay with it does it create tension in their first year of marriage?
3) Do they make it the full year? What are some scenarios that might arise that result in the door opening? What if the man never came back? What if he came back frequently in the middle of the night (but only went into the garage)?
4) What do they find in the garage (do you even allow the reader to find out what he kept there, is the story about what is in the garage or about Ben and Kristen's first year of marriage together and how the mysterious garage affects that first year?)
(Side note, if you make a fun story from this starter, please send me a copy/link!)
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