Book Description
101 Stories to Tell and Write is a wonderful introduction to teaching story telling and writing. It begins with a whole section on the basics of narrative, with explanations and exercises on character, setting, plot (motivation, cause and effect, structuring action, using suspense and pace), narrative angle and dialogue. The section ends with a ‘choose your own story’ project (with thousands of branching options). There is a whole section of open-ended ‘Story Starters’ – mini-stories, beginnings and endings, titles, novelty stories, choose your own adventure and interactive games. The last section of the book looks closely at six major genres, with a summary of the formula for each, and lots of ‘starter’ ideas. The genres covered in great detail are horror, mystery, comedy, adventure, fantasy and science fiction. Here is a complete manual on story creation, for upper elementary to middle school. It offers literally, 101 stories to tell or write.
