Creative Writing Tips

Having demonstrated the value of a simple piece of paper for creating interesting characters for our stories, Tony Wilson returns again with another ingenius use for a single leaf of paper.  This time, though, Tony’s focus is on devleoping the overall plot of the the story.

As always, Tony’s main focus is teaching kids how to write good stories, but that doesn’t stop us from also learning a thing or two about how to become better writers.

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One of the most enjoyable aspects of any good story are its colorful characters. But how do you create such characters?

In this video Tony Wilson shows us a simple, yet very effective, method for developing quality story characters. With a masterful use of a simple piece of paper Tony shows you how you can get a basic image of your characters, as well as the qualities, characteristics and vocabulary that you will use when describing in a short period of time.

Perhaps the most intriguing facet of this process is that not only can it help you develop interesting characters for your stories, but it can also be used as a highly effective method of teaching other people to develop characters for their stories. Even little kids - which are the students that Tony is most interested in teaching. continue