SKILLS
Creative writing guides
Guides to all of our key creative writing skills
This section contains guides to each of our key creative writing skills. They can be read in any order. They have the school year group next to the title to help you know which guides you need to be familiar with (e.g. Y9+ means you only need this from Year 9 onwards at SHSG). Click here to read a brief summary of all the creative writing skills to help you know which guides to read.
SKILL 1: How to create characters (Y7+)
SKILL 2: How to describe settings (Y7+)
SKILL 3: How to write direct speech (Y7+)
SKILL 4: How to use 3rd person limited narrative voice (Y7+)
SKILL 5: How to control time - the basics (Y7+)
SKILL 5: How to control time - creating a non-linear structure (Y7+)
Introduction to argue/persuade non-fiction writing (Y9+)
SKILL 6: How to write openings and closings for argue/persuade pieces (Y9+)
SKILL 6: Examples and explanations of openings and matched closings (Y9+)
SKILL 7: How to write argue/persuade body paragraphs (Y9+)
SKILL 8: How to plan a piece of argue/persuade non-fiction writing (Y9+)
