Description

Describe the setting of your story using

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ambitious adjectives.

‘The daunting, destructive waves and

menacing, ominous clouds seemed to
blend into one as the chaotic sea grappled
to claim another victim.’
 Action

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Make something exciting happen!

‘Unexpectedly, he then spotted a tiny,

troll-like creature preparing to ride a
tarnished, ramshackle bicycle across a
flimsy rope, which was tied between the
two points.’
 Speech

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Have your main character(s) speak to react to
the action.

“What have we just found? What are those

creatures?” gasped Alice as she fixated on her
galactic discovery with endless questions whirring in
her mind.
How is your character feeling?

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Show how your character is feeling through their
movements, reactions and body language.

‘Ben’s heart began to pound in his chest while his

bewildered brain tried to process what had just
happened. He gasped for air.’
 Add a cliff hanger or a
rhetorical question
A cliff hanger is part of a story that is exciting or
frightening because you are left not knowing what

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will happen next:

Suddenly, as they neared the crypt of the great

beast, they were plunged into darkness…

A rhetorical question is one that does not require

an answer:

Who would be victorious in this

bloodthirsty battle?