The Usborne Write Your Own Story Book

From pirate adventures to voyages into space, put inspiration into aspiring authors’ hands with a book of hints, tips, tasks and thrilling themes! Creatively-inclined children will love this wonderful handbook, which helps them to turn any story into a mini masterpiece. The first half focuses on techniques and methods, showing how to come up with ideas, write from different points of view, and create plausible plots, characters and settings. The second half explores themes and genres, and is packed with guidance on creating thrillers, chillers, realistic stories and more. Practical activities and exercises include suggestions for characters and objects to write into stories, as well as questions to prompt young imaginations. Ready, steady – let’s get writing!