‘The lorry’s back again mum. It’s even bigger than last time. ‘ Lorries don’t grow I wanted to say but instead, I just passed Fred another sandwich with… Read More »GCSE Creative Writing: An unusual event based on the appearance of a gritter lorry. ( Bolton English Tuition )
The writer Georgina Parfitt, delivered another super session today involving a fascinating poem by Nobel Prize Winner, Louise Gluck. The poem is available to read here: https://poets.org/poem/red-poppy-0 As a prompt… Read More »Creative Writing Bolton: Louise Gluck’s The Red Poppy as a Prompt for Phoenix Writers in Horwich
Two Letters: A simple way to deepen your characters. I am reading Hilary McKay’s wonderful children’s novel, The Skylarks’ War. It is set at the time of the First World… Read More »GCSE Creative Writing Letter prompt: English Tuition Bolton Manchester.
Chapter 2 THE MAN FROM SOMEWHERE Mr and Mrs Veneering were bran-new people in a bran-new housein a bran-new quarter of London. Everything about the Veneeringswas spick and span new.… Read More »Creative Writing GCSE Tuition #Lockdown Bolton #Dickens and Repetition in Our Mutual Friend: The Veneerings!
Extract B. ( Martin Chuzzlewit’s Peckniff) Now watch Mr Pecksniff take over his ‘stage’ and perform his self-appointed role as a magnanimous confidant. Think about the manner in which Pecksniff… Read More »Creative Writing Using Repetition (Pecksniff in Martin Chuzzlewit) GCSE English Tuition Bolton #Lockdown Writing Tips!
Creative Writing: The Unexpected Visitors! Today, we are going to explore the way settings might be ‘visited’ in fiction or poetry, examining the details that convince us of a scene’s… Read More »GCSE Creative Writing Top Tip: Use a Visitor in your story!
I had been wondering why my aunts had quit leaving me voicemails, why my cousin’s texts had dried up. I had figured, with a hot scraped soreness, that it was… Read More »GCSE English Language Analysis: Tana French, The Wych Elm. (English Tuition Bolton, Manchester).
How do you start your story in an immediately effective way? Ask a question. Remember questions demand answers and that is what a story must provide for the reader-answers! 1)… Read More »GCSE Creative Writing: How to begin a story-ask a question!( English Tuition Bolton, Manchester) .
Writing the opening to a story requires a ‘hook’ so that the reader feels engaged and wants to follow your writing into a new world away from their daily concerns.… Read More »GCSE English Language Creative Writing: Engage your reader by using direct address. ( Bolton English Tuition)
Creative Writing: Find your protagonist’s sacred flaw. ‘Because things fit together, doesn’t mean they’re the truth.’ (William Shaw, A Song from Dead Lips). Compelling characters deceive themselves. They believe their… Read More »GCSE Creative Writing Tips: Find your character’s sacred flaw.
