Creative Writing Belonging

1. Creative WritingBelonging

4. Creative Writing • Select an original idea to write about • When writing, don’t give your storyline away in your first few lines • Draw the reader/marker in with a development of your idea/concept • Don’t just write a story- it must demonstrate an understanding of Belonging • Use a format that allows you to have a beginning and a conclusion • Develop your imagery • PRACTICE

5. Introduction of your idea of Belonging/Not Belonging • Develop your concept/narrative with more knowledge and information • Further development of concept • Conclusion and demonstration of your understanding

6. Flashback • Start- introduce idea of Belonging/Not Belonging • Develop with more knowledge • Continue to devlop narrative on Belonging/Not Belonging

7. Introduction to narrative on Belonging/Not Belonging • Develop narrative on Belonging/Not Belonging with more information • Contrast with a flashback or imaginative reflection that contrasts to previous paragraphs • Acceptance and understanding of Belonging

8. VERBS • Use VERBS as the basis for your descriptions • Create METAPHORS from your verbs • The verbs can come from unexpected sources- animals, science subjects, histories • This requires planning and time to create ideas that you use in future responses • Mix and match the terms from the lists that you create.

9. Animals & Their Actions

10. In the distance a car burrowed into a garage • The bat took control of the wind’s galloping pace……. • All that the bleak night offered was the hiss of the wind • The car reacted accordingly swinging around the corner and continued to prowl navigating the deserted streets • Fear diffused across her skin, seeping into her skin, gulping up the initial excitement and leaving behind a sting, a feeling of being lost

11. Creative writing methods