Imagine a New Ending

Story Brief #18

Once you know a story well, you can play with it.

🎯 Your mission

Read the story. Find the heart of it.

⚡ The twist

Endings hide in beginnings — re-read the start.

What you'll learn · 1 of 4

Once you know a story well, you can play with it! What if the ending were different?

What you'll learn · 2 of 4

In our story, a mouse finds a big piece of cheese and eats it all.

What you'll learn · 3 of 4

What if instead he shared it with his friends and they had a party? That is a new ending!

What you'll learn · 4 of 4

Making up endings shows you understand the story, and it lets you be a storyteller too.

Key points

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The mouse eats all the cheese. Which is a new ending?

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Who can make up a new ending?

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To change an ending, first you need to...

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