When does it happen? What is it like? hot On a story night One cold, dark night One frosty day One bright sunny morning It was a cold winter s day One warm summer day One warm summer day One breezy day One stormy night In the middle of winter Snow was falling. night dark shadows gloomy peaceful quiet still mysterious starry secret frost snow snowy snowball snowflakes cloudy rainy misty puddles cold bright sunny steamy foggy damp breezy windy gusty howling blowing
Where does your character live? cave nook cranny crevice gap burrow den earth lair nest field town village city island space planet stars house bungalow flat castle toadstool neat beautiful attractive happy popular pleasant dark dismal scary gloomy mysterious strange unusual spooky haunted smelly untidy noisy busy crowded bustling lively humming What is it like? silent empty private quiet peaceful calm hushed lonely special
witch wicked spooky grumpy old glowering scowling snarling cackle cackled cackling scary scared Who in your story? What are they like? What do they do? magic potions cauldron fire tricks tricked spells spell book broomstick wand black cat magician friendly kind kindly forgetful silly mistakes ghost ghostly scary spooky haunted tricks tricked mischievous disappear skeleton bones rattle spider cobwebs dusty dirty
What does your character look like? eyes look looking peer peering glance glancing stare staring peep peeping hair hairy curl curly wavy straight long short thin skinny fat plump tall smell smelly stink pong sniff whiff sweet lovely fragrant perfume nose warty What does your character smell like? taste sweet sour bitter salty delicious scrumptious disgusting revolting slimy silky soft rough furry sweaty shiny
What does your character look like? dinosaur dragon fierce scales nostrils breath breathing roar roaring noisy scary cave gloomy fire fiery flaming flames crackling raging sizzling smoke smoky burning little small minute tiny smaller than cat scampering scrabbling pouncing scuttling gnawing cunning wicked wily sly rat mouse smoke
Up in the air flying soar soaring gliding hovering fluttering diving lift take off landing spaceship fairy fairy wand dust magic wings tooth fairy quietly teeth morning bedroom hide pillow money wish loud noise noisy shrill piercing echo vibrate vibrations bang crash clang clatter crack crackle sizzle pointing holding carrying throwing catching touching waving pulling tying aeroplane spaceman soft softly quiet quietly silent silently
Which direction? over under underneath above below top bottom on in outside inside in front behind around round beside through Where? between next to left right up down forwards backwards across along towards adventure thought explored discovered investigated experimented imagined choose chose decide decided beside the winding road. underneath the jagged rock. inside the dark and gloomy cave. north south east west river stream straight curved winding flowing gushing rushing pathway They went forwards, towards the gushing stream He sat below the flashing light She decided to walk back through the dark, scary forest
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Words to use instead of said smiled screeched chuckled yawned agreed joked laughed whispered