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Story Starts

Opening Lines / Words
I thought it was going to be the best day of my life until ...
​It had been going so well until ...
I was so excited ...
​We arrived just in time.
Have you ever felt ....
​I could hear a strange ...
I couldn't hear a thing ...
I could hear the squeaking of our stairs ...
Rain was beating against my bedroom window, so loudly that I couldn't hear myself think.
There were only two of us left ...
My best friend started crying.
I jumped when ...
I was just turning around when mum screamed, "Stop!"
It was so cold I couldn't feel my toes.
My surprise turned to horror when ...
I thought it was a dream and kept waiting to wake up.
I tried not to smile ...
My mum turned a deep shade of red.
My face turned red with embarrassment ...
"Stop pinching me!"
I ran as fast as I could and didn't dare look back.
It was so dark I couldn't see a thing.
I froze in fear.
"Shhh!" I hissed.
Titles
I Saved the Day
Our Excursion
Tall Tales
The Mystery of the Missing Lunch Box
The Most Embarrassing Moment of My Life
The Singing Garden
The Ballet Concert
The New Kid
Our Overseas Holiday
The Farm Fiasco
Life in a Tree House
The Missing Book
An Unusual Day
The Best Day of my Life
The Worst Day of my Life
The Talking Shark
A Beach Holiday
The Day I Broke my Arm
The Test
My New Friend
​An Amazing Voice
The Mess!
​My Greatest Fear
The Most Wonderful Day
​Horrendous Holiday
Topics
All narratives must have at least one complication. Some of the topics below include a complication while others present a general topic and leave it up to you to decide what the complication or complications will be.
REALISTIC
Write about:
1. going on holiday to a relative's farm
2. getting lost in the bush on a camping trip
3. finding a $100 note
4. going on a holiday to the outback of Australia 
5. starting a new school
6. a fear of public speaking and having to make a speech
7. performing in a dancing concert
8. performing in the school talent quest
9. playing in the "finals" of your favourite sport
10. a summer holiday making new friends
11. going on your first school camp
12. a bully who lives in your street and becomes your best friend
13. being the child of a famous person
14. the building of a cubby house in your local park which brings the local children together
15. when your grandparents come to stay for a week
16. a child who raises money for a family who is in need
17. swimming at the beach when there is a shark siting
18. your best friend going overseas for a year
19. losing your favourite toy
20. winning an award
21. A child becomes a principal for a day.

UNREALISTIC / FANTASY
Write about:
1. discovering a chair that takes you inside any story that you read while sitting on it
2. a child who discovers a talking animal living in their cubby house
3. what would happen if your favourite toy came to life
4. shoes that make you fly
5. a mat that can fly 
6. the day your dog first spoke to you
7. meeting a friendly, talking shark
8. having the power to make things happen just by thinking about them
9. having the ability to make yourself invisible
10. the night your sister disappeared
11. being the first child to fly to the moon
12. working at a zoo and discovering all the animals talk at night when they think no humans are about
13. waking up one morning to discover you are living inside your favourite video game
14. waking up one morning to discover you are fifty years older
15. going to school and discovering no one can understand a word you are saying 
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