Writing a Story Helpful hints for story writing

Writing a Story Helpful hints for story writing.

The Beginning l The setting – where you are now. l The characters. l Use adjectives, powerful verbs, adverbs.

Where do you go to? l How do you reach your imaginary world? - through a door, through a hole in the garden fence, in the shed, etc.

Describe your imaginary world. l l l What can you see? What can you hear? What can you smell? What can you feel? What can you taste?

A mythical creature appears. Where does the mythical creature appear? -Do you hear a rustling in a tree, a noise from behind, does it land in front of you? l What does the mythical creature look like? l Use adjectives, powerful verbs and adverbs. l

What happens? l Think of what the creature does. l Is it nasty? l Does it chase you? l Is it friendly? l Do you help it do something? l Is it hurt?

What is the complication? Does it capture you? l Does it take you to its lair, a cave. OR l Do you meet a problem when you try to help it? l

The Ending. l How does the problem get solved? l How do you manage to escape? l Remember that the reader must KNOW it is the end of the story WITHOUT you writing “The End. ”

Checklist Have you remembered: Capital letters and full stops? l Powerful adjectives, adverbs and verbs? l Paragraphs? l Connectives? l Exclamation marks, question marks, speech marks? l New line when someone speaks. l Keep to the same person – I doesn’t change to “he” unless there is another character. l NEAT HANDWRITING.