Creative writing

Question 1

D______ your reader straight into the ________

Your first sentence should start with a _________

Answer 1

Drop your reader straight into the action

Your first sentence should start with a verb

For example

‘Sprinting towards the train station Melissa could feel the time ticking away and willed her legs to take her forward’

Question 2

Z_______ in to a c________, s_________ or o_________ in detail

This step is all about d__________

Answer 2

Zoom in to a character, setting, or object in detail

This step is all about description

For example

‘Her corn coloured hair streamed in the wind and whipped about her face. Tears escaped from her deep brown eyes and made it nearly impossible to see. She wished she’d worn warmer clothes instead of the cropped t-shirt and shorts she’d flung on this morning’

Question 3

F_______ in time through a character’s ___________.

‘It was then they r__________’

Answer 3

Flashback in time through a character’s memories

‘It was then they remembered…’

For example:

‘It was then she remembered the shortcut just up ahead of her. She’d taken it everyday as a child but hadn’t been this way in years. It reminded her of a happier time, walking home from school, shouting with friends and excited to get home to see her mum’

Question 4

Come back to the p_______. E___ on a C_____________.

Leave the reader ____________

Answer 4

Come back to the present. End on a cliffhanger

Leave the reader questioning

For example:

Turning the corner she stared down the alleyway and stopped abruptly. All she could hear was the sound of her own heart beating in her chest and the wheeze of breath escaping her mouth. She thought she’d been clever but he stood at the end of the long path….