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I just got an assignment in school the other day. What we were supposed to do is finish a sentance that started with "What if...?" and then when we did we were supposed to give it to the person next to us and write a short story about whatever it was they said. Well, I was absent that day and therefore didnt get a "what if" statement and I cant think of anything myself. any ideas? thanks.
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It's not a project so much as an end-of-the-year-we-have-nothing-else-to-do paper. Mostly jsut for fun, but still...my dilemma lingers...
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I dunno if I could make an interesting story out of those. At least not one other 17yr olds would listen to. ha.
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*The following post may be considered as venting and, thus, is not to be taken seriously. Doing so may result in the following unpleasant side effects...*
What if you hadn't picked a username with spaces between the letters?
What if you weren't a newbie?
What if you did this on your own?
...What if I wasn't being horribly rude at the moment?
No offense, hun, but if I ever had "nothing-else-to-do" I would be out there doing something!
This is way to much of a BS-and-busywork assignment to worry about it. Pick something, write about it, and turn it in. Better yet, pick something you yourself are interested in rather than something "other 17 year olds would listen to". If you're going to have a dumb assignment, you may as well have fun with it. That and... honestly, there are way too many options on this one! It could be a GREAT experience if you choose to make it one so why not go wild?
"nothing else to do" ::Grumbles:: ...regular tests and quizzes, two major projects due every week for the next month, IB exams, state exams, course exams, extended essay and CAS deadlines, secretary work... ::grumbles::
*End venting.*
Sorry, darius, I'm not normally like that, honest. Posts: 1548 | Registered: Aug 2002
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Hehe, thanks pixie, I'm glad I could be of service as someone to be vented upon. Anywho, like you said, this is an assignment meant to be enjoyed and thats what I'm doing. I didnt come to hatrack in a panic to get and idea, I just thought it'd be an interesting subject. And just so you all know I found a subject. What if Aliens were invading earth. Eh? good no? can't go wrong with aliens.
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Yes and it has never been thought of before.
(admittedly I would likely do something like that, or involving vampires, so I'm not one to speak on originality)
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Well, original or not it will get me a grade. She's not expecting an epic novel here. It's a 2 page double spaced short story that's supposed to get us using creative writing. But yeah, if this was supposed to be something special I proabably wouldnt base it off aliens invading. I'm no Orson Scott Card haha.
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(Psst, Dag -- if you were talking to me, all I was trying to do was get the major Hatrack arguments in a nutshell, I promise I wasn't trying to take a political stand.)
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blacwolve, if people cared about the subjunctive, English would regain nuances of meaning that it has sadly lost. Considering how much miscommunication there is -- both deliberate and accidental -- I rather consider that a good thing.
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Would you lay off my name already!?!?! Darius was taken and It's always been my...alias if you will(ha, that word just sounds so cool) and I'm not gonna change it! So I came up with the whole spaces thing. So if you got a problem you can go...do something you dont wanna do I dunno, I'm too tired and my creative juices have been used up trying to think of a plot to my story. Posts: 19 | Registered: May 2004
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What if your nose was on upside down? What if people really cared about other people? What if you couldn't tell the difference between a human being and AI? What if Hatrack didn't exist? What if grass grew purple? What if earth had 7 moons? What if money didn't matter? What if gravity were reversed? What if we could control the weather? What if you knew what you were going to do with your entire life before you did it? What if love were something that were found easily? What if you won the lottery? What if all your family were to die right now? What if you were alone on the earth? What if you aren't real? What if I am not real? What if you could give life? What if the sun never set? What if someone else were in your mind? What if you couldn't experience pain?
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Yuu know what zevlag? You just gave me about 309205765362 ideas. Too bad I already started my story haha. Dang, alot of those had some really good potential.
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Wow I feel better already pixie, thanks. And don't worry my sister is a hatrack vet and she warned me about this, said people are really mean to new people. So far so good though I'd say, I'm not really getting defensive about anything though dont worry, all in good fun. I look forward to meeting you all and exploiting your weaknesses. Oops. I say type that last part out loud? I lose more friends that way...
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hmm and i'll probably lose more friends if I dont start proofreading my posts haha. No she didnt, is there one?
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