Using the Good Story Beginning Techniques, create 2 to 4
sentence beginning for a story with a physically challenged
main character.
Dialogue
Action
Question
® Thought / Feeling
Sound Effect
Whoosh! Ben just scored another basket.
"He's the best wheelchair basketball player I've ever seen!" said a
scout that was sent from the WCNBA to seek out a player for a
replacement.
"I'm going to call my boss right now!" he announced.
I love gym. But ever since I broke my leg when I climbed the gym
rope, I had to sit out the whole class and miss all the fun.
"Patrick! Patrick!" my best friend called. "I hope we do something
boring so you don't miss out." My best friend's name is Joe. He is always
looking on the bright side.
"How am I going to play basketball?" I thought to myself as I touched
my arm and felt the end where half of it was gone.
"How are you feeling, Brittney?" the nurse called and passed me some
water.
"A little better," I replied.
Skweaky, skweaky! Triixie's wheels on her wheelchair needed oil again.
Her mother quickly solved that problem before sending her to school. "Do
you want me to help you get to school again?" her mother asked, as if it
wasn't safe to go to school.
"No, I think I got the hang of this now." Trixie swiftly zoomed out the
door to school.
"Wake up, wake up!" chanted Isabelle as she frantically pushed on the
wheels of her wheelchair. It was Christmas morning and the tree was
flooded with gifts.
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"Lynn is such a loser!" a group of children screamed.
"I can read lips ya know!" Lynn screamed back as she darted away
from the cruel from the cruel school children and into the safety of her
house.
"Come on, Daddy!" called Marlee as she limped down the hiking trail.
"Slow down, Marlee!" yelled her dad. Marlee's leg was amputated. She
and her father were out for a hike.
Screeech...the door slowly opened and in came Dr. Cambell. He told me
that the blood tests were in and I had cancer in my right arm. My jaw
dropped. He told me that I would have to have my arm amputated.
Will my parents ever love me for who I am on the inside and outside I
wondered to myself as I rolled down the ramp for breakfast.
"Good morning, Fredric," Mother announced.
Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! was the sound made as Kevin's
amputated leg hit the ground and came back up. Why was he running? It was
because his little brother Tommy had gotten cancer so he was running as
fast as he could in his school's Marathon of Hope.
"Do we have to go to the hospital?" Todd asked.
"You fell off the roof! Of course you're going!" his mom yelled.
Clip clop clip clop clip clop...my horse Trace went along the stony path.
I could hear her heavy breathing. My parents say I can't ride because I'm
blind but I don't believe there is such a word as "can't".