Story Challenge 4 – The Middle of the Story
In today’s story challenge, I’m talking about how to plan your story from beginning to end, thinking of the story as a series of big ‘Oh no!’ moments.
Patron of Reading
Story Challenge Week 3 – Characters
Week three of my story challenge is all about characters, and here are some of my top tips for creating your own fictional characters. Names I get names from all over the place. Real names Names of stars, planets, trees, fruit etc Street names, city names Nonsense words, words spelled backward Make a list of…
Story Challenge Week 2 – Settings
In today’s video I’m talking about fictional settings and how stories can start right where you are. Tips for describing settings: Use all your senses – what can you see, hear, smell, taste, touch? Imagine you’re an alien from another world and you’re seeing a human house for the first time. What would you notice?…
Claire’s Story Challenge video Week 1
A Reading Round-Up
I can’t believe we’re nearly at the end of 2019 already. It’s been a year of great ups and downs personally, but as always I’ve found escape, strength, friendship and adventure in books. Here are some of the middle grade books I’ve enjoyed this year. This is by no means an exhaustive list of my…
Patron of Reading
I am thrilled to be the Patron of Reading for Bridstow Church of England Primary School this year. I paid my first visit to the school in November and I had a lovely time meeting all the children, talking about our favourite books and making up stories. I received such a warm welcome from everyone…
