When we decided to homeschool three years ago I really had a desire to make character training part of our homeschool curriculum. I felt that teaching our children to have good character was just …
Writing Worksheet – Endings (PDF) In honour of NaNoWriMo, this month’s worksheets will have one purpose: to increase your word count by hook or by book. The final writing worksheet in this marvellous month of November is inspired by the last virtual NaNoWriMo write-in. Imagining the best endings for each of your characters is a…
Free Novel Writing Worksheets (PDFs) The cornerstone of the Novel Factory software for writers is to handle useful information that authors might be collating in order to help them write their novel. This could be relating to plot, characters, locations and more. As well a offering a place to keep all that data, the Novel…
If you're looking for a starting point for creating a character, you will enjoy this character interview worksheet.
In this blog post, read about my best teaching strategies to teach writing narrative endings. Grab all the freebies to help you teach.
If you would like to nominate Incidental Comics as a "Best Webcomic of 2011," you can go here to voice your support. No pressure! Thanks to all my high school English teachers for providing the deeply ingrained knowledge behind this comic. And a very special thanks to my proofreaders at the Kansas City Star, who put up with my three consecutive misspellings of "Onomatopoeia." And finally: English teachers and students, past and current - you can get a poster of this comic for your classroom or reading nook here.
It's been a while since I did my last scene-by-scene retelling of an entire Shakespeare play. What with the Michael Fassbender film making ripples in the popular consciousness, I thought it might be a good time to tackle.... MACBETH!!! <
Check out these teaching materials for upper elementary students including task and reference cards on writing narrative hooks.
In his 1919 manual for screenwriters, Ten Million Photoplay Plots, Wycliff Aber Hill provided this taxonomy of possible types of dramatic "situations," ...
Creating a scene list changed my novel-writing life, and doing the same will change yours too. Includes examples of the scene lists from famous authors.
Creative Writing Worksheet – Politics (PDF) No subject could be less dear to my heart than politics, and in consequence I find myself immensely impressed by writers who create intricate political intrigue in their stories. On one end of the spectrum are science-fiction authors like Lois McMaster Bujold and Anne McCaffrey who invent the political systems of different planets, and on…
Help your children to discover this fascinating period of History with our Victorians Pack! It includes a HUGE eBook that can be used for shared reading and independent research, along with a bumper collection of teaching, activity and classroom display resources.
My Camp NaNoWriMo plan for July 2019 is to enjoy writing. Today I'm sharing some tips for my Camp NaNoWriMo plan to keep your writing on track.
Character archetypes share core truths about people's personalities, goals, fears and weaknesses. Learn how to use them well in your own fiction.
Here you'll find out how to outline a novel step by step and you will be able to download a novel outline worksheet so you can outline your story.
Use this post from Writers Write, your one-stop writing resource, to explore the 12 common character archetypes and how writers can use them.
20 weeks later and "A Stick Figure Macbeth" has finally come to an end. In case you're just joining me, here's what happened during the past 20 weeks:
Jami Gold's Writing Worksheets: Help for all writers, from newbies to experts and from plotters to pantsers.
What if there were a sure-fire secret to creating stunning character arcs?
Sociologist Hannah Emery on the basics of social stratification for fiction worldbuilding.
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Enjoy this FREE Roll-a-Story Writing Activity from MsJordanReads to kick-start your back-to-school writing fun! Students will love creating story starters using the mix-and-match story elements from the chart! (All you nice is a dice!) Download this free resource and for a fun, back-to-school activity! :) Happy Teaching!
Writers Write is a resource for writers. If you want a daily reminder to help you finish NaNoWriMo, use this calendar.
