children s story writing competition on the bbc, 500 words and i ve been to a school on merseyside with a rather special judge to a school on merseyside with a rather specialjudge and author. if you just sit down and start, the magic happens. so i decided to write a story called belle s adventure. ideas like other ideas. i got one of the chocolate eggs and i threw them out the window. so if you just sit down and start writing, i promise you ideas will come. there is a character named brussel the russel. every time the song mr postman came on, he would have to write a letter. on my first day at school, do you know what i did? i kicked a nun. ok, so what i want to think about. as stories go, it s quite an opening. but that s hardly surprising. exterminate. exterminate! you made a mate. because today s supply teacher