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Creative writing planner

A five-part plan for 11+ creative writing in 30 minutes.

1. Hook (1–2 sentences): start with action, dialogue or a question. 2. Setting: use the five senses. 3. Build-up: introduce a problem. 4. Climax: short sentences for tension. 5. Resolution: link back to the opening. Toolkit: fronted adverbials, similes, personification, varied sentence openers, a range of punctuation (; : — …).