CLIP 740
How Famous Authors Get Their Ideas
Key Info
- How Famous Authors Get Their Ideas
- Duration: 03:32
- Various bestselling children's authors discuss how they start the writing process. They discuss the importance of single moments and events in providing them with ideas for plots. They stress the importance of story openings and explain how long they spend on that section.
- Subject:
English
Topic:Writing: Narrative Fiction
- Keywords: Jamila Gavin, Keith Gray, Jacqueline Wilson, David Almond, Malorie Blackman, writing process, narrative, planning writing, fiction, narrative skills
Ideas for use in class
- Useful to show to students before they start to write to emphasise the importance of planning and to show them how bestselling authors construct their plots.
Background details
- Clip language : English
- Aspect ratio : 4x3
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