1001 Brilliant Writing Ideas
This book was none other than Roald Dahl who proclaimed that writing stories isn’t easy. There are times when ideas won’t come, he said. The mind goes blank. As teachers we are all familiar with the student who ‘clams up’ in story writing lessons. If we manage to prise two or three sentences from such a child we are doing well. This book addresses the ‘blank mind’ dilemma by offering the student a plethora of story-writing ideas and suggestions. Care has been taken to provide equally for boys and girls, allowing for their different interests. In many instances the student is given prompts, to set ideas into motion.
However, there is still a great deal of scope for original and creative thought. Included in some of the story-writing tasks are additional instructions.
Sometimes these instructions may seem to bear little relevance to the story itself. This is deliberate and is designed to:
• assist the student by directing thoughts along certain lines;
• challenge the student by calling upon higher-level thinking skills,
involving, for example, the matching of a particular character to a given situation. The wide variety of themes, together with the range of ideas spread across them, should ensure that all students have plenty to write about. There is no set way to use this book. One suggestion would be to use Sensational Settings in conjunction with Story Starters or some other page. Another idea could be to mix Charismatic Characters with Tantalising Titles. Either way, a delightful combination of the real with the fanciful could result, bringing a sense of achievement and satisfaction to both the writer and you, the teacher.
Happy and fulfilling writing!
However, there is still a great deal of scope for original and creative thought. Included in some of the story-writing tasks are additional instructions.
Sometimes these instructions may seem to bear little relevance to the story itself. This is deliberate and is designed to:
• assist the student by directing thoughts along certain lines;
• challenge the student by calling upon higher-level thinking skills,
involving, for example, the matching of a particular character to a given situation. The wide variety of themes, together with the range of ideas spread across them, should ensure that all students have plenty to write about. There is no set way to use this book. One suggestion would be to use Sensational Settings in conjunction with Story Starters or some other page. Another idea could be to mix Charismatic Characters with Tantalising Titles. Either way, a delightful combination of the real with the fanciful could result, bringing a sense of achievement and satisfaction to both the writer and you, the teacher.
Happy and fulfilling writing!
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