
The random plots below were created by Nathan, Anya, Leanne, Georgia, Alex, Sally, Alec, Kat, Matt, Sophie, Leanne, Jasmine, Scott, Laura, Sophi, Paige(?), Sophie II, and Holly of Churchill Community School, 12th July 2006
| Genre | Who dunnit? | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Racist |
| The main character is | Barry the head teacher | 40 year-old hippy | Teenage girl | Robot |
| The main settings are | Deep dark forest. Castle. | Fairyland and castle | Castle | Home and school |
| The story is told from the point of view of | The cat | An angel from heaven | A drooling dog | A little girl |
| The main themes are | Trying to take over the world | Good vs evil | Friendship. Helping others. | Death, love and crime |
| The unknowns are | Her family. | Unknown | Wizards and romance | What's in the forest |
| The structure of the book is | Overlapping episodes | Five interlinked threads | Twin plot threads. | Dreary |
| Thinkbot's viewpoint |
Dangerous ground! Surely you're not suggesting that a certain Dr Wratten turns out to a be female in drag who's hiding a secret family in a castle in the deep dark forest whilst trying to take over the world. Of course not! It was the cat all along. |
Sad, 40-year old hippy visits the magic castle and Fairlyland at Euro-Disney. There he meets an angel (from heaven no less - well duh!) They take the haunted house ride and unknowingly defeat an unknown evil . . . |
Hmmm . . . worrying. Any story told from the perspective of a drooling dog is going to be hard going. I suspect the main characters might go on strike and demand they are transferred to another plot forthwith and immediately. |
Robot befriends a little Asian girl who is being bullied at school by some horrid white boys. The robot tempts them into the forest where he scares them enough to make them wet their pants. Dreary? Yeah, well? You do better then! |
| Genre | Sci-fi | Romance | Crime | Sci-fi |
| The main character is | Young orphaned girl | Idiot | Ninja turtle with nothing to lose | Love struck teenage girl |
| The main settings are | open country of a fantasy world + castle | Pretty valley | A house in the country | Beach, farm |
| The story is told from the point of view of | Other people | A stalker | The main character's best friend | The third person, main character |
| The main themes are | Explosions | Horses | Magic, mystery, love and war | LOVE |
| The unknowns are | Wizards | People falling over | The stalker |
Finding lost person, enemies, Members of The Party |
| The structure of the book is | A crime | Twin threads | Twin threads |
Single thread |
| Thinkbot's viewpoint |
Poor little orphaned alien girl is forced to live a life punctuated by continuous explosions. The other people in the story are fed up as they can never get any sleep. So they ask the Wizards about the chances of emigrating to fantasy land. |
Brilliant . . . An idiot stalker on horseback rides through a pretty valley in pursuit of romance. I think this plot would make anyone fall over. If you are still upright as you read this then this isn't the plot for you. |
Quite frankly this should be a horror story. A Ninja turtle with nothing to lose and a best friend? Give me a break! By the way the stalker turns out to be from MI5 and after seeing the state of this plot rapidly retires to a house in the country. |
Ah, a sci-fi love story. Kissing in space suits! Clearly the beach and farm are in parallel dark- matter universes under the control of THE PARTY, which wants to control everything. The plot centres around finding the third person in the love triangle. |
| Genre |
Historical fantasy |
Sport |
War |
Crime |
| The main character is |
Old woman seeking to be a robot when she dies |
An electron |
A person who has been shot |
Robot |
| The main settings are |
Spaceship |
Parent's house. Dumpster. Post office. Field. |
A hill |
Home |
| The story is told from the point of view of |
The main character |
Hannah, the teenage girl |
A girl called Jess |
Main character |
| The main themes are |
Good vs evil, disorder, chaos |
Life or death. Discover the truth. |
Warfare |
Laughter & jokes |
| The unknowns are |
Will the donkeys get home okay? Will the main character live? |
What is the dragon guarding |
Who is the main character, really |
Computers |
| The structure of the book is |
3 threads with flashbacks |
5 threads |
Flashback |
2 threads |
| Thinkbot's viewpoint |
This has potential! But I'd throw in a robot who wants to be an old woman to spice it up a bit. Clearly the donkeys are stranded on the spaceship and have no idea how they got there or how to get home. |
Er, a sporting electron as the main character? Should have been set in the dubious world of sub-atomic Olympics. But no, it's set amidst several non-thrilling places such as a dumpster and, even worse, a Post Office. Poor old Hannah. |
Plausible, very plausible. A soldier is shot while attacking a hill and is nursed back to a health by Jess. But the soldier is not all that he seems . . .
You want to know don't you?
I told you it was plausible. |
Imagine a home where there are no jokes, no laughter, no comedy. A home dominated by a dour robot and a few very serious computers. Yes, humour itself has been murdered - a truly hideous crime. zzzzzzzzzzzzz - are you still awake? |
| Genre |
Fantasy/ Romantic |
Fantasy |
Fantasy/ Who dunnit |
Fantasy romance |
| The main character is |
A girl called Prudence |
Sexy chick |
Teenage girl called Skye. |
Young girl |
| The main settings are |
A beach on a desert island |
California beach. Brecon beacons |
Dungeon |
The woods |
| The story is told from the point of view of |
First person, diary |
Bob |
The lead character's best friend |
An evil rabbit |
| The main themes are |
Dramatic love |
Good vs evil |
Paranoia Loss of teeth |
Romance, crime and action |
| The unknowns are |
Will Sam the dog die? Will Kate ever find her parents |
Who will end the world? |
Wizards |
Wizards |
| The structure of the book is |
Over-lapping in two different time zones |
3 threads |
Simply lovely |
2 threads |
| Thinkbot's viewpoint |
Phew! There's a book here that's for sure. Prudence sits on a beach writing her diary. But little does she realise, this is no ordinary diary - it creates the past she imagines and makes it real. She can change the present - but only if she gets the past right. Wow! |
Huh! Come on . . Good old pie-and-a-pint Bob from the Brecon Beacons goes on holiday to California and is captivated by an evil sexy chick on the beach. Unlikely the world will end, but Bob's world may well end of course. But do we care? |
LOSS OF TEETH? You are expecting to write a book that will be read by more that 2 people where a main theme is LOSS OF TEETH !?!?!?
(Of course it could be read by paranoid dental wizards - a small market but worth a shot I guess). |
Rabbit driven to the dark side by chronic over-supply of wizards. Recruits young girl to help bump off wizards in the woods. After 21 wizards are despatched the young girl turns into an evil rabbitess and they live happily ever after. |