Christine Harris - Author

Young Writers: Story Starters

What if...                                                                           

  • my teacher turned into a fly?
  • no-one in the world could read?
  • people could fly?
  • snails could run?
  • insects were as big as people?
  • I shrank to the size of a bee?
  • my parents resigned and I had to find new ones?
  • I was a refugee nearing land in a leaky boat?
  • I had x-ray vision?

What if...

  • I was a super-hero who lost his or her powers?
  • I could time travel?
  • the people on the TV screen could see me?
  • I woke up to find my room filled with smoke?
  • I was a turkey on the day before Christmas?
  • we all looked the same?
  • everything I wished for came true?
  • I could change places with someone for a day - who would it be?
  • I suddenly realised my brother was an undercover agent and he was in trouble?
  • I could decorate my room any way I chose, how would it look?
  • I had to describe a banana to someone who had never seen or tasted one?
  • I couldn't stop laughing?

What if...

  • I lost something really important?
  • strange creatures lived in our garden shed?
  • shadows moved without their owners?
  • I could read people's thoughts?
  • I was the first person chosen to live on the moon base?
  • an asteroid was hurtling towards Earth and I had one day to live?
  • I came back from the future with one really important message for the people of today and they wouldn't listen?
  • I was a dog who longed to be a horse?
  • a frog who was afraid of water?
  • I saw something really strange in the neighbour's yard, then they spotted me looking at them?
  • messages came to me in dreams and I didn't know if they were real?
  • I became invisible?

What if...

What if... a chicken went surfing?

  • I was afraid of water but saw a swimmer who needed help?
  • I woke up to find my fingers and toes had turned to fins?
  • I heard whispering when no-one else could?
  • I had rubber legs and I could leap over houses?
  • I found I could walk through walls?
  • I could buy dreams at the Dream Store?
  • I could no longer talk?
  • I had to give a speech to world leaders about how to make friends with a tree?