29 June 2018
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It's a scorcher! So let's head to the beach to inspire this week's creative writing exercise
It's a scorcher! So let's head to the beach to inspire this week's creative writing exercise
Set the timer for five minutes. Create a mind map or spider diagram about a beach. Use the senses as much as you can.
For the next five minutes, list the stories you could write using this setting. Think of experimenting with different genres – e.g. ghost story, historical, science fiction, romance.
For the remaining time, pick one of the ideas and write the first few paragraphs of a story.
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