Adventure Stories: Writing Stories

Adventure Stories: Writing Stories

by Anita Ganeri
Adventure Stories: Writing Stories

Adventure Stories: Writing Stories

by Anita Ganeri

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Overview

This book introduces readers to the exciting world of writing adventure stories and is a perfect resource for meeting Common Core State Standards in writing. Key features of the genre are explained and readers are guided through the process of writing their own story. Top tips are given covering planning, writing dialogue, developing characters, adding narrative plot twists, using descriptive language and more! Engaging photographs, eye-catching illustrations, and a wealth of ideas bring the genre to life. An adventure story running throughout the book draws readers in, offers concrete examples of how the tips can be put into practice and will inspire readers to get writing their own adventure stories.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781484667842
Publisher: Capstone
Publication date: 08/01/2021
Series: Writing Stories
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 32
File size: 6 MB

About the Author

Anita Ganeri is an award-winning author of information books for children. Educated at Cambridge University, she has written more than 300 books, including the best-selling 'Horrible Geography' series (Scholastic Children's Books) which won a 2009 Blue Peter Book Award. She writes widely on animals and the natural world. A recent title for Raintree, A Day in the Life of Rainforest Animals: Capybara, has been shortlisted for a Maryland Blue Crab Award 2012. Anita lives in the north of England with her husband, children and assorted pets.

Table of Contents

Contents What is a story? 4 Writing an adventure story 6 Ideas notebook 8 Planning a plot 10 Story starter 12 Scene setting 14 Character building 16 In the middle 18 Tricky problems 20 Speaking parts 22 Action writing 24 Happy ending 26 More top tips 28 Glossary 30 Find out more 31 Index 32

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