Language Paper 1 - creative writing plan

story structure

Trenches - para 1

Establish Setting

• icy cold weather

• silence and bewilderment

• daylight begins to slip away

• grasping onto warm flask of tea

Para 2

increase tension

• echoes of voices can be heard in distance

• iced rain and hail continue to pound down

• darkness is now here

Para 3

Climax

• leaves trench and runs towards enemy. regimented and without thinking

• dazed and confused

• running towards enemy - panting and breathless

• holding gun in hand

Para 4

falling action

• slips on muddy ground from rain fall

• realizes nobody else followed him / realizes there is no enemy attack

• slumps of floor and sobs

• iced rain gets heavier

Para 5

cyclical conclusion

• icy weather ongoing

• sunlight is starting to come up - soldier has not been asleep

• picks up warm flask which was strung on floor

• makes a new cup of tea

PTSD - para 1

establish setting

• bleak and bare room

• rain pounding on windows

• sunlight coming up

• swigs some whiskey - bottles visible across the room

para 2

increase tension

• continues to gulp whiskey

• gunshot ringing his ears. covering ears, squinting eyes

• colds sweats, shaking, sickly. show not tell emotions

para 3

Climax

FLASHBACK TO BATTLEFEILD

• shooting at the enemy. panting and shooting aggressively

• enemy falls to the floor

• scorching hot heat

• in present time - sound of rain awakens from flashback

para 4

falling action

• cold sweats, shaking, sickly

• gulps whiskey down again

• throws bottle across floor - smashes

• sobs

para 5

cyclical conclusion

• end of day, darkness incoming

• same bleak room and bare room

• swig of whiskey

• going to bed