By J1

(a work in progress)

In the year 2,000,000 AD there was a cruel mother in a toy store.  She knew that her son wanted a bouncy ball for Christmas.  Instead she got him a fairy doll.

When he opened the present and he was shocked that his mom got him a $50 doll instead of a $.10 bouncy ball.  The mother told him to go upstairs and play with the doll.  He did so, and when he opened the box he noticed something had fallen out.  The boy picked up it up – it was a wand.  He used it.  Then he noticed that the wand was glowing and small gold stars were falling out of it. Then he wondered if it could be a real wand.  So the boy wished that his mother would be more loving and thoughtful instead of mean and nasty.

So it came true! His mother was nicer and loving.  And, so the boy lived happily ever after until they died.

The other day on Twitter, I read that Kim Kautzer at WriteShop was gifting some Christmas Story Builders for the Holiday.  As I feel that writing is something we really don’t do well – and I’d heard about Story Builders but never actually used them – I jumped on the chance to try them out.

So, today I let him start his story by choosing his cards.  He randomly choose:

Character:  mother

Character Trait: mean spirited

Setting: toy store

Plot: comes to life

I’m really hoping I’m not the main character!  If I’m not, I’ll share his story here when it’s done!  If I am…well, he’ll be grounded! 😉

(Just read my blog post to J1 – and he laughed and said “Crud, I need to rewrite it!” LOL  Funny kid!!)