Download or read book How to be Brilliant at Writing Stories written by Irene Yates and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2010-11-17 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These worksheets focus on the process of writing - from the initial idea gathering to redrafting and the final product. The activities recognize that a sense of audience and a sense of purpose are crucial, and allow children to feel ownership of their stories and to understand that not all stories need to be published. The activities include: getting ideas; making notes; making a plot table; planning the beginning, middle and end; making up characters; using a dictionary and thesaurus; using speech marks; different kinds of story.