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GCSE Creative Writing

Produce a piece of creative work approximately 500 words long. This may be a short story or the introduction to a novel.

Introduction to a novel:

Billy Boy by Teddy Johnson

Strapped to the chair, I await my fate. I try to break free, but the restraints are too tight… there is no escape…

Strained Carrots. Damn. Why couldn’t she cook some “Pukka Tukka” from the Naked Chef book we bought in Smiths? No imagination. I put my foot on the high chair tray and wiggled my toes, while waiting for inspiration. Finding none, I busied myself with the carrots, making sculptures of my family. Getting bored with this, I looked around the kitchen trying to catch my mother’s eye, but she was on the phone, looking out of the window complaining to one of her friends about the state of the garden. That may have been my fault, but I can’t remember.

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Nothing ever goes right when I am in my chair.

While there is nothing interesting going on, I’ll tell you a bit about myself. My name is… well I actually have quite a few, so here goes; I am called Billy Timothy Young. Timothy after my dad, Young after everyone and Billy after myself, though my family don’t call me by any of these names. Stephanie, the teenage sister calls me, “The little Brat.” This is very, very rude but mum always makes me feel better by saying, “ She doesn’t mean it, she loves you really.” My dad ...

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