Create a story

What you do is create a list of ten interesting characters, ten interesting settings and ten interesting situation. Once you have this list, you tell the class (or whatever group you are working with) to pick three numbers between one and ten and have them list them vertically down the paper, like this:
8
4
7
Once that is done, read off the list of characters and what number those characters are. (eg. a mobster is number 1, a goal medalist is number 2 and so on)
Once you are sure everyone has there character, continue on doing the same thing for the setting and the situations.
When everyone has something for all three numbers, get them to write a story with those three things in it.
Great fun and can be very interesting.