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Creative Writing Introduction

Explore how stories work, collect ideas and begin an original story. You can use the outback station idea or invent your own setting. There is no single right story!

What makes it a story?

Stories can entertain, surprise or help readers feel something. Look for characters, a setting and events that change.

1.Which group contains three kinds of creative writing?

Stories, poems and plays
Shopping lists, timetables and labels
Maps, sums and instructions

2.Read the mini-story: “Harper heard a clink beside the old water tank. Xavier lifted a tin lid, and a tiny blue bird hopped out wearing a silver tag.” Name one character, the setting and one event.

3.In the mini-story, which detail makes the bird seem unusual? Choose the strongest answer.

It is tiny and has a silver tag
It is beside a water tank
Harper hears a clink

Gather story ingredients

A small detail can help a reader picture a place or character. Use your senses and imagination to build a story world.

4.Match each story ingredient to its example.

Character
Setting
Event

A strange signal flashes
A dry creek bed
A fearless kelpie

5.Choose a sense detail that could make the outback station setting feel real. Write one sentence using what a character might see, hear, smell or feel.

6.A story needs a problem or surprise to get moving. What problem could Harper and Xavier face after finding the tagged bird? Give one idea.

Make your own beginning

A strong beginning introduces someone or somewhere and gives the reader a reason to keep going.

7.Choose one story starter, then add a different detail to make it your own: “The wind carried a voice across the station…” or “Inside the dusty shed, Mei found…”

8.Plan a story of your own. Write a main character, a setting and one surprising event. You may use the station scene or invent somewhere new.

Use your plan to write the first few sentences of your story. Introduce a character or setting, then include a detail that makes the reader curious.

9.Read your opening again. Underline one word or phrase that helps the reader picture something, then name what it helps the reader imagine.

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