What would a murder mystery for adults in the Pokemon world be like?
Or a bedtime story for kids in the Game of Thrones world?
Let’s find out by voting on one and writing together!
Writing the beginning of a story is by far the hardest part.
Let’s go over 4 things to keep in mind when starting your own, then practice by writing some beginnings together!
Exposition doesn’t have to be boring.
Let’s look at some examples of FUN exposition from books, then write our own together!
When planning a story, it’s easy to come up with lots of cool details for your world, but how do you actually put them in the text?
Let’s go over examples, discuss, then write our own story together!
What do you do if your scene is kind of bland?
Spice it up!
Let’s go over how to make boring scenes interesting, look at some examples, then fix up a viewer’s scene together.
You’ve probably heard the phrase “show don’t tell” before.
But here’s the truth of the matter: that’s a bunch of crap.
In order to write a good story, you have to BOTH show AND tell, and knowing when to do one or the other can be tricky!
Action scenes might seem difficult to write.
How can you write an exciting scene without it being a boring list of actions to read?
Let’s find out by taking a look at THREE action scenes from very different books!
Writing the beginning to a story is hard.
Thankfully there’s an easy exercise you can do to instantly have an awesome opening to your story.
…just steal somebody else’s!