What's your What If?

seun · Nov 8, 2007

In Stephen King's book On Writing, he mentions some of his work comes from a what if? idea. Example:

What if vampires invade a town in Maine?
What if a writer has a car accident and is resuced by a deranged fan?
What if a burial ground for pets had certain powers?

With that in mind, what's your what if? For my next book, I'm thinking what if old British myths and legends gradually became real in the present day?

Over to you...

maestrowork · Nov 8, 2007

I'm not telling. You will steal my ideas!

OK, OK, here's one:

What if seun is really a kitty cat?

maxmordon · Nov 8, 2007

What if a Southamerican president doesn't have contact with the real world, rather been cheated and a puppet of his own cabinet?

seun · Nov 8, 2007

maestrowork said:
I'm not telling. You will steal my ideas!

OK, OK, here's one:

What if seun is really a kitty cat?

Meow.

Ageless Stranger · Nov 8, 2007

What if all the gold in the world suddenly turned to dust?

KAP · Nov 8, 2007

What if all your what if's became that so's?

Judg · Nov 8, 2007

In a fantasy world: what if magic itself were called into question?

ChaosTitan · Nov 8, 2007

What if de-powered superheroes (and villains) got their powers back after fifteen years without them?

What if a girl was brought back from the dead because of something she knows, only she can't remember anything?

seun · Nov 8, 2007

ChaosTitan said:
What if a girl was brought back from the dead because of something she knows, only she can't remember anything?

I like that. Dark and (to me, at least) quite funny.

xDemode · Nov 8, 2007

seun said:
With that in mind, what's your what if? For my next book, I'm thinking what if old British myths and legends gradually became real in the present day?

Over to you...

Haha. I'd read that.

Vandal · Nov 8, 2007

What if the legend of a local Native American prophecy turned out to be real?

scarletpeaches · Nov 8, 2007

What if scarletpeaches wrote something worth reading?

maxmordon · Nov 8, 2007

What if I actually become a writer?

seun · Nov 8, 2007

xDemode said:
Haha. I'd read that.

Thanks. You might be in for a LOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG wait, though.

arodriguez · Nov 8, 2007

What if a deep crevice opened up beneath the Pacific Ocean and drained half of the worlds ocean?

ZannaPerry · Nov 8, 2007

lemme try this idea out:

what if a serial killer changes heart and falls in love?

dpaterso · Nov 8, 2007

scarletpeaches said:
What if scarletpeaches wrote something worth reading?

Please remember, our #1 rule is respect your fellow writer! Even if that fellow is you!

What if a vampire got raging toothache and had to visit a dentist?

-Derek

illiterwrite · Nov 8, 2007

What if a man who set fire to his house and abandoned his wife and children thirty years before decides to return and face up to his crimes?

nerds · Nov 8, 2007

KTC said:
What if a really creepy guy walked into a five and dime, kibitzed with the regulars, bought a pair of women's cowboy boots and walked out?

Hey, I know that guy.

Simple Living · Nov 8, 2007

I have to say, you guys have some great what-ifs. Some are hysterical!

What if the winning entry, for the largest pumpkin at the county fair, kept growing... off the vine?

jennifer75 · Nov 8, 2007

I have one big one...

What if I don't play my numbers, and they are drawn.

Zelenka · Nov 8, 2007

WIP #1 - What if the Elizabethans discovered magic and so only Britain and one small Middle-Eastern region knew how to produce it?

WIP #2 - What if the evil Dark Lord usurper wizard got to tell the story instead of the plucky young hero? (sort of)

virtue_summer · Nov 8, 2007

What if a grief support center existed but was run by a man who refused to accept the death of his own loved one and encouraged his fellow mourners to kill people to save people, trying to transcend grief through murder? What if your family became its victims?

Hey, I'm still working on it.

maxmordon · Nov 8, 2007

What if I stop wasting my time in Absolute Write Forum and continue to write?

Will Lavender · Nov 8, 2007

virtue_summer said:
What if a grief support center existed but was run by a man who refused to accept the death of his own loved one and encouraged his fellow mourners to kill people to save people, trying to transcend grief through murder? What if your family became its victims?

Hey, I'm still working on it.

I like it. I sort of wonder what "transcend grief through murder" means, exactly, but this is exactly the kind of high-concept stuff I enjoy as a reader.

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