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Creative Writing
September 10, 2014
T h e C r e a t i v e Wr i t i n g Wo r k b o o k
their attention.
Intrigue
Engaging writing creates
Discussion
How do we usually feel about
Spring?
What do we usually think about
about Spring?
What do we usually expect when
we hear April is
Nineteen Eighty-Four
It was a bright cold day in April
Discussion
What thoughts/questions come
1984
Orwell wrote and published this novel just
permanent coma.
The victim turns out to be an alien, killed to
silence his warning of intergalactic chaos.
The victim turns out to have died before the
rain fell, when the ground was baked dry.
Discussion
So which of these three plot twists
unexpected happens.
News articles/stories use this a lot.
Example
An interview with someone who
survived a tragedy.
Butterflies flutter among the neat
Building Intrigue
All writing needs to set a scene and
Practice
So lets try some opening lines
writing.
Write two paragraphs (if youre a
More Practice
If you are a prose writer, turn your