On July 15, 2020 I posted an article entitled Story Starters. In that article I talked mostly about the What If statement, and many examples were given. One example mentioned was: what if you stumble upon your parents who aren’t your parents but they look like them? In this article I would like to give you a variation of the What If statement.
Maybe the What If statements aren’t the way you come up with story ideas. That’s ok. We’re all different. Here’s another way you can do that without using the What If.
| Setting | Character | Action | Disaster |
| A Farm | Jeff (the owner) | He’s milking the cow | He receives word that his brother died. He has no brother… |
| A high school classroom | The teacher | She is teach a math class | She is arrested. |
| A park | Mr. John’s and his dog | He is walking his dog | A random woman accuses him of breaking into her house. |
You can see by reading the above examples, there’s much you can do with these general statements. The sky is the limit. But my point here is that the table above (and maybe you’d rather not use a table) is just one way of organizing your thoughts. The way each idea is stated is done in such a way that you can mix and match them. Instead of the teacher being arrested, Mr. John’s could get arrested in the park as he’s walking his dog. You see how this way is more versatile?
Feel free to use any and all ideas I present on this blog. Happy writing. Have fun.
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