THE SEVEN STEPS TO WRITING SUCCESS
At PNE, students use the ‘Seven Steps to Writing Success’ to improve the quality of their ‘writing craft’. Here is a summary to help you to understand the terminology and purpose of each step so that you can assist your children when writing at home.
Step 1: Plan for Success
Start with a bang, slowly build up the tension and end on a real high point.
Step 2: Sizzling Starts
Start where the action is- where things start to get interesting.
Step 3: Tightening Tension
Fill your scene with detail to make the reader feel as if they were really there. Use the five senses as a guide.
You must believe the hero (male of female) will fail. Yet through strength, talent and determination, somehow our main character wins.
Step 4: Dynamic Dialogue
Think of dialogue as a mini play in the story. It’s how we get to know them!
Step 5: Show Don’t Tell
Actions speak louder than words!
Step 6: Ban the Boring Bits
Writing about all the things you do every day is safe and easy- and BORING.
Step 7: Exciting Endings
Don’t start writing until you know the ending!
