unsplash-logoCam DiCecca
Here are your instructions for the next exciting 200-word challenge: This week your writing is going give you some practice creating tension in your story.

Imagine this: The reader must believe the hero (male or female) will fail. The tornado is too strong, the villain is too evil, the dark forces are too overwhelming. Yet, somehow through a turn of events, through strength, talent and determination, somehow your main character wins.

Make every single word count, not just the amount of words but the quality of your word choices!

Carefully proof read and edit your writing before you post.

We must see evidence of your use of the thesaurus. Colour code any words you uncover in the thesaurus.

Good luck girls.

Due date: Friday Week 10

A few people have asked about downloading music to your blog so we thought we would make our own post about it.

Remember the same rules apply to downloading and using music as for photos and videos.

Here is a link to the website used for the music we have downloaded to this post, called Jewelbeat. It has loads of free music and asks that:

“…you only need to link to our website from yours:
“Music by JewelBeat. Download your free music and free sound effects at www.jewelbeat.com.” which we have done above.

There are also instructions how to download. MAC: Hold down Control key and click, choose “Download Linked File As…”, choose destination to save file.

There are also links underneath the videos that allow you to download. Once you have downloaded your music you will see a control bar like this one.

Click the download arrow and save as you would do with an image. Then insert to your blog as Media.  You can add it as we have below, to play using the controls. Here is a great tutorial on how to embed audio into your blog.
Comment on this post if you have any more ideas 🙂

Thanks to Alison Roberts for these ideas.

moves, intrigues, excites, provokes, challenges, disappoints, betrays, helps, prepares, vindicates, engages, confronts, amuses, interests, puzzles, shocks, frustrates, stirs, alienates, disturbs, rewards, angers, lures, captivates, comforts, admonishes, warns, unsettles, positions, undermines, primes, manipulates, satisfies.

Thanks to Alison Roberts for these ideas..and also thanks to Zara Emery for suggesting ‘relates’. All suggestions welcome 🙂

relates, examines, explores, states, portrays, illustrates, observes, considers, depicts, represents, presents, describes, shows, reveals, highlights, determines, evokes, transforms, exposes, illuminates, exemplifies, reinforces, declares, discusses, contradicts, confirms, reiterates, concludes.

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Due Thursday Week 7- We can’t wait to read your sizzling start to this story!

We have been experimenting downloading photos from a really cool website called unsplash.  The photos are all taken by a professional photographer and you can use them as long as you show attribution to the owner.

They provide some code for you to copy which creates a button like the one to the right, which links to their website.

We have been experimenting with copying and changing the code so the button links to our blog. See if you can find out from others to do this.

unsplash-logoJesse Bowser

Once you have created an avatar for your blog…….please leave a comment at the end of this post so we can see your avatar.
We would also love to know where you made your avatar.
You might even leave a link to the app or website in your comment.
Happy avatar making 🙂

This week we are practising ‘Sizzling Starts’.

Write a 100 word sizzling start to your story, using the photo below as inspiration. You only have a few sentences to grab your reader’s attention and make an impression. This is the hook that engages your reader and makes them want to read more.

Due Thursday Week 6- Make it a sizzler!
unsplash-logoJesse Bowser

Choose one of the following prompts (red or blue) to guide your writing challenge this week.

Due: Thursday Week 5

1. I looked down in disbelief, I couldn’t believe my eyes…

 2. An allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers. It is just a passing comment and the writer expects the reader to possess enough knowledge to spot the allusion and grasp its importance in a text.

For instance, you make a literary allusion the moment you say, “I do not approve of this quixotic idea,” Quixotic means stupid and impractical derived from Cervantes’s “Don Quixote”, a story of a foolish knight and his misadventures.

Use one of these allusions to prompt your writing challenge this week.

• Achilles’ heel
• Pandora’s Box
• Eye of the Needle
• Scapegoat
• El Dorado
• Pygmalion