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Your students are invited to enter Stranger Sagas, the latest, fantastic creative writing competition from Young Writers.
We provide a tantalizing selection of story starters each term intended to inspire your students to write a mini-saga, a story written in just 100 words! Each story starter sentence can be interpreted as the students wish, so how will they develop the story? What genre will students choose to write in? After all, every great story deserves a great ending...
See what others think of Stranger Sagas…
Don't forget to put your school name and postcode on the freepost sticker or the reverse of the envelope so we know who has sent the entries
Winners will be chosen from entries received in the Summer Term 2018 by our editorial team and independent judge.
1st Prize - £1,000
+ a trophy
2nd Prize - £500
+ a trophy
3rd Prize - £250
+ a trophy
1st Prize - £250
2nd Prize - £100
3rd Prize - £50
one highly commended writer will win a selection of books!
Plus a bookmark for every entrant!
Send your entries, along with your school entry form, to:
FREEPOST RSLY-AUJA-RAHY
Young Writers SS
Remus House
Peterborough
PE2 9BF
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Creative writing is about setting a scene in the reader’s mind, but to help students get writing why not set a scene (or scenes) in your class to bring their imaginations to life!
E.g.
My torch flickered and went out…– where do students imagine they’d be when this happens? A forest? A graveyard? Going down to the basement? Camping? Are they looking for something or somewhere after dark, or has there been a power cut? Somewhere busy and loud, or somewhere quiet and private? Let their imaginations run riot!
I knew there would be consequences, but I did it anyway... – this is an intriguing story starter, what did they do? Why? Where were they? What were the consequences? Were they worse than they thought? What made them decide that the consequences were worth their actions… Get your students to discuss this story starter, it’s thought-provoking and sure to generate an excitement around writing!
I looked around, desperately searching for an escape... – this story starter suggests an air of panic – what would make your students feel like this? Trapped underground? In a dark room? In a small space? Underwater? Suspended from a cliff side? What physical traits would they display in this situation, screaming? Scratching at walls? Kicking? Sweating? Shaking?
Encourage your students to think outside the box with their Stranger Sagas. Can they create a twist in the tale, give us an unexpected ending that both thrills and surprises?
E.g.
World Cup fever is in full swing, so why not tie it in with writing activity! Here’s a few suggestions on how to incorporate it into Stranger Sagas…
Put students into groups of 8 and give each group a story starter…
The group has to think of two ideas for a mini sagas – one obvious, one not so.
E.g. Don’t go into the woods they told me
Obvious: The woods are haunted
Not so: A rare flower that grants everlasting life grows there
Now ask each group to write a mini saga based on each of their ideas, read them to the class and discuss what they liked and why. Then ask students to write their own mini saga based on one of the story starters that inspired them during this activity.
It’s an easy tip – whichever story starter sentence students decide to use, ask them to include the theme of summer in their mini saga. From hazy summer days, school’s out and holidays to adventure, boredom and summer jobs – there’s lots of ways this season can add a new angle to the story starters!
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FREEPOST RSLY-AUJA-RAHY
Young Writers SS
Remus House
Peterborough
PE2 9BF
Tel: 01733 890066 / 898110
Fax: 01733 313524
Email: info@youngwriters.co.uk
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