eng lang creative writing structure

para 1: beginning

• establish weather

• establish setting

• establish protagonist

• use pathetic fallacy to establish the mood

• incl hints at what’s to come, but don’t give everything away - foreshadowing

• employ 5 senses to create an atmosphere

para 2: Build-up

• Mian character going on an adventure

• still using pathetic fallacy

• delve into the setting, e.g. haunted house, going inside the haunted house, the interior

• describe using senses, what they can smell, taste, hear

• emotive language

• figurative lang

• build tension

• consider character’s way of talking, emotions, feelings

• use dialogue, internal monologue for this

• for q 5 do this in flashback

para 3: problem

• keep it simple

• intro a villain, or the obstacle, e.g. snake, getting trapped in a house

• detailed description of the villain, the obstacle

• introduce the villain

• vary sentence structure

para 4: resolution

• fight or flight

• what happens due to the problem, doesn’t have to be a solution

• e.g. bear in problem, bear attacks the character in resolution

• what the character does to try solve the problem

• consequences of problem para

• reflect thoughts and feelings of character due to problem

para 5: ending

if its q 5

• look back

• cyclical structure

• what has changed in the characters mind

if its q6

• change in weather

• change in setting

• describe change in the person physically

• refer back to imagery used in beginning but change slightly, e.g. the same rays of sunlight, which were pouring life into this house, were strangled mercilessly by the murderous, melancholy clouds