SKILLS
Guides to our key creative writing skills
This section of the site contains guides to each of our key creative writing skills. They can be read in any order. The describe/narrate writing skills come first, followed by the argue/persuade writing skills. Click here to read a brief summary of all the creative writing skills.
How to create characters
How to describe settings
How to write direct speech
How to use 3rd person limited narrative voice
How to control time - the basics
How to control time - creating a non-linear structure
How to write argue/persuade non-fiction
How to write openings and closings for argue/persuade pieces
Examples and explanations of openings and matched closings
How to write argue/persuade opinion paragraphs