09 November 2024
Posted by Frankie
Hi Writers,
For week nine, the theme was a very popular, 'choose your own adventure stories'.
To begin, the group chose fireworks to represent their weeks for check-in. We had some
slow weeks described as a slow-burning, colourful firework. We also had an annoying week,
like a firework that never ends, and a week that was like a firework that looked promising but
ended up being disappointing.
Then, we played Riverbank, where the group had to jump forward every time Claire said
river and back when Claire said bank. The last person moving was disqualified. We finished
our warm-up with some Buzzy Bees before discussing what makes a good choose-your-
own-adventure story. The group agreed that good adventure stories could include murder,
robbery, villains, monsters, conflict, clues, danger, and tricky choices.
Using the pre-prepared bags labelled 'Genre', 'Characters', 'Setting', and 'Quest or Crime'
the group wrote their ideas on slips of paper and placed them in the appropriate bags. Once
everyone had come up with several contributions for each bag category, we mixed the bags
up and pulled out several slips to use for our own stories. The stories were a lot of fun, with
plenty of random chaos.
x
In the young writers group for check-in, we had a disappointing week, like a fireworks display
carried away by the wind. We also had another anti-climactic fireworks display that started
off hopeful but was pretty average.
For this group's warm-up, we played a slightly different version of 'I Went to the Store' which
turned pretty macabre, with various body parts being bought and plenty of suspicious items.
The group came up with a few new suggestions for what makes a good choose-your-own-
adventure story, such as betrayal, plot twists, and not making it predictable.
Next, we refilled the four bags with new ideas, mixed them, and then chose several random
ideas from the bags. The combination of unusual characters and settings made some very
entertaining stories!
see you next week
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Junior & Young Writers: Week 12 [Wild Words] - Stuff & Things
Junior & Young Writers: Week 11 [Wild Words] - World Building 2
Junior & Young Writers: Week 10 [Wild Words] - World Building
Junior & Young Writers: Week 9 [Wild Words] - Mystery & Choose Your Own Adventure
Junior & Young Writers: Week 8 [Wild Words] - Spooky Sequels & Potion Poems
Junior & Young Writers – Week 10 (Writers’ Inspiration) – Final Showcase
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Junior & Young Writers – Week 8 (Writers’ Inspiration) – Cuteness
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Junior & Young Writers – Week 7 (Writers’ Inspiration) – Natural Solutions
Junior & Young Writers – Week 6 (Writers’ Inspiration) – The Language of Fruit and Veg
Junior & Young Writers – Week 5 (Writers’ Inspiration) – Adventures In Space
Tinklebobs and Bedraggled Angles
Junior & Young Writers – Week 4 (Writers’ Inspiration) – Our Environment
Fortune Tellers & Future Letters
Junior & Young Writers – Week 3 (Writers’ Inspiration) – Home
Young Writers - Week 10 (The Art of Writing) – Final Week Showcase
Junior Writers - Week 10 (The Art of Writing) – Final Week Showcase
Young Writers – Week 9 (The Art of Writing) – Choose Your Own Adventure
Junior Writers – Week 9 (The Art of Writing) – Choose Your Own Adventure
Young Writers – Week 8 (The Art of Writing) – Sequel Stories
Junior Writers – Week 8 (The Art of Writing) – Sequel Stories
Young Writers – Week 7 (The Art of Writing) – Picture Prompts
Junior Writers – Week 7 (The Art of Writing) – Picture Prompts
Young Writers - Week 6 (The Art of Writing) - Script-writing & Dialogue
Junior Writers - Week 6 (The Art of Writing) - Script-writing & Dialogue
Junior Writers – Week 5 (The Art of Writing) – Poetry
Young Writers - Week 5 (The Art of Writing) - Poetry Potions
Edward The Martyr - A Competition!
Mood Boards and Postcards from Space
Young Writers - Week 3 (The Art of Writing) - PLOT
Junior Writers - Week 3 (The Art of Writing) - PLOT
Moomin Stories and Hollywood Pitches
Young Writers - Week 2 (The Art of Writing) - Genre & Setting
Junior Writers - Week 2 (The Art of Writing) - Genre & Setting
Prompts, Dialogues, and Cliché
Story Structure Part One: Exposition and Beyond...
Young Writers - Week 1 (The Art of Writing) - Character
Young Writers - week 4 - Nature Writing [animals & wildlife]
Junior Writers - week 4 - Nature Writing [animals & wildlife]
Young Writers - week 3 - Nature Writing [trees/plants/flowers]
Junior Writers - week 3 - Nature Writing [trees/plants/flowers]
Young Writers - week 2 - 'fractured fairy tales'
Junior Writers - week 2 - 'fractured fairy tales'
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