1. He refused to cry again.
2. The brakes failed on the cliff approach.
3. The mother dragon wanted revenge.
4. Dracula was given the blood bank keys.
5. Frankenstein refused to moisturise. (Has comic potential I think!).
I use this exercise to help trigger starting points for stories for competition entries. Also every so often I make myself have a brainstorming for ideas session and I find this exercise very useful for that. I must see if I could use this to trigger ideas for blog posts/articles as well. It is the starting point that is important here and it strikes me that could be used for non-fiction too.