How many what if questions can you think of?

There are so many what if questions to get the ball rolling. Everyone wonders about things that have happened and how they might have turned out differently. Or, you may wonder about interesting ideas like aliens, compound words that don't really consist of one of the words within them, or what the world would come to if there was no hot water.

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All of these questions and more are ready for you to ponder and construct answers to in this creative writing game. It is a bit easier to learn how to write answers to what if questions. Most of the time, the answer is merely your own opinion on a given topic. How would you feel if something was a different way?

Time will only tell the answers to all of these questions. You may be adept at playing what if in order to find answers and make up more questions. Think logically and sometimes not-so-logically about your answers. There is not always a clear-cut, decisive answer out there for you to choose. Think and write about these what if questions, and you may just find that the answers you come upon are the gateway to a new, exciting, intensely wonderful story that has been lurking inside of you and trying to find the right way to be realized. Use the extra questions that are at the end of some of the what if questions to help you further your thinking.

Here is your first what if question: What if for every question listed here, you have to come up with another of your own creation? Your what if question can relate to something goofy, something innately interesting, or something that you truly look back on and wonder "what if?" The answers to this creative writing game are up to you, but take a glance at the what if questions listed here to get your writing started:

1. What if time stood still? What time would you like to go back to or have happen in the future?

2. What if the world really was flat? Where would it end? Where would it begin?

3. What if everything you imagined came true?

4. What if your dreams were reality?

5. What if you could snap your fingers or twitch your nose and have whatever you wanted?

6. What if you never had to wonder "what if?" and everything just happened for you? Would this be a good thing or a bad thing? Would it depend on the situation?

7. What if you couldn't use the word "the" for a whole day? Or the letter "e" in a paper you were writing?

8. What if school went year round?

9. What if first impressions didn't matter as much as they supposedly do?

10. What if you could have any job you wanted?

11. What if you could only have one of your senses for the rest of your life? What if you could have all but one of your senses? Which could you live without?

12. What if you could have one wish to be granted right now or you would lose your chance to have any wish at all?

13. What if you could cure any one disease? Which one would it be?

14. What if peanuts were really made of peas?

15. What if hamburgers were really made with ham?

16. What if you mixed various colors together and came up with a completely new color? What would you call it?

17. What if you could be an ambassador to any country? Which country would you choose?

18. What if you had every option in the world open to you? What would you do first?

19. What if someone asked you right now what your favorite book and/or movie is? What would you say?

20. What if you could marry any one celebrity you want and live happily ever after? Who would you choose?

21. What if the characters on South Park became your friends or friends of your kids? How would you react?

22. What if what happens on TV is really happening (not counting reality shows), and it is not just all the intricate mind-bending workings of writers and actors? (I used to believe this was true of The Cosby Show when I was younger. It was fun to believe that the Huxtables really existed and a camera was just following them around. I guess I can count myself as someone who foresaw the advent of reality TV, now that I think back on this.)

23. What if you weren't scared of anything and had no phobias at all? What would you do first? Would you attempt anything like they did on Fear Factor?

24. What if you survived a near-death experience? Would you play it safe from then on, or live dangerously?

25. What if babies could converse intelligently with adults?

26. What if Plato and Aristotle were still living? What kinds of things would they say about the world today?

27. What if the Landshark (from the early days of Saturday Night Live) really showed up at your door and it wasn't Chevy Chase inside, but a real shark?

28. What if the Rubik's cube couldn't be solved, no matter how hard you tried? How long would you try before giving up?

29. What if there was no difference between right and wrong?

30. What if you could bring back any one person from the dead and have it be as if they never died? Who would you choose?

31. What if you could never have hot water in the shower?

32. What if your favorite football team won the Superbowl? Or, for that matter, what if they made it to the Superbowl and then lost?

33. What if squirrels were man's best friend and not dogs?

34. What if snow fell year round, no matter where you live?

35. What if the only place that existed in the world was the place you live?

36. What if everything was in black and white, just like in old TV shows and movies?

37. What if the sun made everything dark and the moon made everything light?

38. What if there was no such thing as the Internet?

39. What if Christmas took place in July?

40. What if you could travel anywhere in the world right now? Where would you go?

41. What if aliens existed? Better yet, what if we were considered aliens to another group of beings on another planet?

42. What if schools of fish were really in school as they swam along, kind of like they are always on a field trip, traveling from place to place?

43. What if you could really be a court jester, but in an actual courthouse with a judge?

44. What if "immediately" meant to wait a while and "later" meant right away?

45. What if you could pull a George Bailey, like in It's A Wonderful Life, and see your life if you hadn't been born? Would you want to? Why or why not?

After answering these questions, hopefully you have had the good fortune of thinking of some great ideas for yourself and your writing. There are always more what if questions to be thought of, but keep in mind the extra questions that are tagged on to some of these what ifs. These extra questions help to make the what if scenario all that more real, and bring you to a heightened sense of satisfaction with what you believe to be true for how you would react to a what if situation.

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