Young Writers: Story Starters
Sometimes it's hard to think of interesting ideas for stories. One way is to ask What if? Then let your imagination run with the question.
What if... 
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my teacher turned into a fly?
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no-one in the world could read?
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people could fly?
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snails could run?
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insects were as big as people?
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I shrank to the size of a bee?
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my parents resigned and I had to find new ones?
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I was a refugee nearing land in a leaky boat?
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I had x-ray vision?
What if...
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I was a super-hero who lost his or her powers?
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I could time travel?
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the people on the TV screen could see me?
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I woke up to find my room filled with smoke?
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I was a turkey on the day before Christmas?
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we all looked the same?
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everything I wished for came true?
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I could change places with someone for a day - who would it be?
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I suddenly realised my brother was an undercover agent and he was in trouble?
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I could decorate my room any way I chose, how would it look?
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I had to describe a banana to someone who had never seen or tasted one?
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I couldn't stop laughing?
What if...
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I lost something really important?
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strange creatures lived in our garden shed?
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shadows moved without their owners?
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I could read people's thoughts?
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I was the first person chosen to live on the moon base?
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an asteroid was hurtling towards Earth and I had one day to live?
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I came back from the future with one really important message for the people of today and they wouldn't listen?
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I was a dog who longed to be a horse?
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a frog who was afraid of water?
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I saw something really strange in the neighbour's yard, then they spotted me looking at them?
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messages came to me in dreams and I didn't know if they were real?
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I became invisible?
What if...
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I was afraid of water but saw a swimmer who needed help?
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I woke up to find my fingers and toes had turned to fins?
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I heard whispering when no-one else could?
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I had rubber legs and I could leap over houses?
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I found I could walk through walls?
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I could buy dreams at the Dream Store?
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I could no longer talk?
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I had to give a speech to world leaders about how to make friends with a tree?