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Roads To Writing 2. Finding Story Ideas

Roads To Writing 1. Making Your Characters Speak, #1

by David McRobbie ...

Series Book 1 - Roads To Writing 1. Making Your Characters Speak
In the second Roads To Writing, we explore the important business of getting ideas for our stories. As David McRobbie, points out you need an idea to start your story and a whole succession of them to keep it going. The first part talks about the beginning of ideas and where they come from. The second part is a workshop on how to find ideas and what to do with them.The third part deals with the ... Read more

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In the second Roads To Writing, we explore the important business of getting ideas for our stories. As David McRobbie, points out you need an idea to start your story and a whole succession of them to keep it going. The first part talks about the beginning of ideas and where they come from. The second part is a workshop on how to find ideas and what to do with them.The third part deals with the
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Mandragora

by David McRobbie ...

Mandragora is the story of four old curses that destroyed a 19th century sailing ship, the Dunarling, and most of her passengers and crew. A hundred years later four teenagers uncover the objects that carried the curses — and the evil starts again, but this time in the small coastal town that bears the name of the doomed ship. Adam Hardy, with help from Catriona Chisholm, begins to unravel details ... Read more

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Mandragora is the story of four old curses that destroyed a 19th century sailing ship, the Dunarling, and most of her passengers and crew. A hundred years later four teenagers uncover the objects that carried the curses — and the evil starts again, but this time in the small coastal town that bears the name of the doomed ship. Adam Hardy, with help from Catriona Chisholm, begins to unravel details
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Brisbane Stories

by David McRobbie ...

The practice of 'initiation', hazing or bullying is frequently in the news. It is not an experience reserved for working class victims as reports of incidents in university halls of residence will show. The so-called 'tradition' pervades the highest levels of business, the medical profession and even government.However the stories in this hard hitting Australian collection are more down-to-earth, ... Read more

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The practice of 'initiation', hazing or bullying is frequently in the news. It is not an experience reserved for working class victims as reports of incidents in university halls of residence will show. The so-called 'tradition' pervades the highest levels of business, the medical profession and even government.However the stories in this hard hitting Australian collection are more down-to-earth,
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Mad Arm of the Y

by David McRobbie ...

The mad arm of the Y was Harry's idea.One arm was the boring goody-goody road, the other was exciting and dead iffy.'Which one for you, Brian?' he said.And that's when all the trouble began.Here is a story that will take hold of you and not let you go. ... Read more

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The mad arm of the Y was Harry's idea.One arm was the boring goody-goody road, the other was exciting and dead iffy.'Which one for you, Brian?' he said.And that's when all the trouble began.Here is a story that will take hold of you and not let you go.
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Mum, Me and the 19C

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Fifteen-year-old Cara Gillespie and her family visit a 'living' museum, Harply Historical Village, which depicts a slice of Australian rural village life in the nineteenth century. When the time comes to leave the museum village, Cara finds a curious-looking device in some long grass. Believing the device to be a transistor radio, Cara spins the dial and promptly transfers herself back to the ... Read more

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Fifteen-year-old Cara Gillespie and her family visit a 'living' museum, Harply Historical Village, which depicts a slice of Australian rural village life in the nineteenth century. When the time comes to leave the museum village, Cara finds a curious-looking device in some long grass. Believing the device to be a transistor radio, Cara spins the dial and promptly transfers herself back to the
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Vinnie's War

by David McRobbie ...

Just then came: crump, CRUMP, CRUMP! Three bombs in quick succession, coming frighteningly close. With each explosion, the ground shook. Dust and chips fell from the ceiling. Everyone in the shelter gasped at the same time. Vinnie held his breath, waiting for the fourth bomb, but it didn't come.When Vinnie is sent away from the bombs in London, he has no idea what awaits him. All he has left of ... Read more

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Just then came: crump, CRUMP, CRUMP! Three bombs in quick succession, coming frighteningly close. With each explosion, the ground shook. Dust and chips fell from the ceiling. Everyone in the shelter gasped at the same time. Vinnie held his breath, waiting for the fourth bomb, but it didn't come.When Vinnie is sent away from the bombs in London, he has no idea what awaits him. All he has left of
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Stars

by David McRobbie ...

This is a story about a small crime in a primary school. It's hardly worth bothering about, but it worries Charlie Thomson. After all, Charlie's the one who got the blame. So he sets out to do some detective work and find the real culprit, then clear his name.The tale has all the elements of a proper detective yarn, a whodunit. It has a crime and suspects with motives, means and opportunities. It ... Read more

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This is a story about a small crime in a primary school. It's hardly worth bothering about, but it worries Charlie Thomson. After all, Charlie's the one who got the blame. So he sets out to do some detective work and find the real culprit, then clear his name.The tale has all the elements of a proper detective yarn, a whodunit. It has a crime and suspects with motives, means and opportunities. It
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Two Kinds of Knowledge

by David McRobbie ...

The English writer, Samuel Johnson once declared: 'Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where to find information on it.'This resource for teachers contains forty challenges which invite students to name things within a given category. An example is to collect the names of towns or cities with a river running through them. Students first tackle this challenge without ... Read more

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The English writer, Samuel Johnson once declared: 'Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where to find information on it.'This resource for teachers contains forty challenges which invite students to name things within a given category. An example is to collect the names of towns or cities with a river running through them. Students first tackle this challenge without
... Read more
Roads to Writing. 3 Exposition

Roads To Writing 1. Making Your Characters Speak, #2

by David McRobbie ...

Series Book 2 - Roads To Writing 1. Making Your Characters Speak
The third Roads to Writing essay deals with Exposition, which is an essential part of all storytelling. It is the who, when, why, how and where of what went before. Exposition is background that makes sense of the foreground in your story. In this essay there is discussion on how exposition works followed by exercises and examples. There are scenarios that ask the reader to create their own ... Read more

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The third Roads to Writing essay deals with Exposition, which is an essential part of all storytelling. It is the who, when, why, how and where of what went before. Exposition is background that makes sense of the foreground in your story. In this essay there is discussion on how exposition works followed by exercises and examples. There are scenarios that ask the reader to create their own
... Read more
Roads to Writing 1. Making Your Characters Speak

by David McRobbie ...

David McRobbie is an Australian writer for children and young adults who has written and published more than forty books, ten radio plays and three television series, all of which employ dialogue. He's been at the writing game for fifty-six years and now wants to put some of his techniques on record. Roads To Writing, the first e-book in a proposed series, looks at how to lay out dialogue when it ... Read more

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David McRobbie is an Australian writer for children and young adults who has written and published more than forty books, ten radio plays and three television series, all of which employ dialogue. He's been at the writing game for fifty-six years and now wants to put some of his techniques on record. Roads To Writing, the first e-book in a proposed series, looks at how to lay out dialogue when it
... Read more
Ten Things You Didn't Know About Ghosts

by David McRobbie ...

It is 1937 and the London to Glasgow train crashes one wintry Scottish night. Shortly after that tragic event two ghosts appear — a girl and boy who had been living passengers on the train.The ghosts somehow find their way into a nearby orphanage where only 12-year-old Beatrice McMullin can see them — and then begins a tricky partnership. The ghosts initially have trouble communicating with ... Read more

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It is 1937 and the London to Glasgow train crashes one wintry Scottish night. Shortly after that tragic event two ghosts appear — a girl and boy who had been living passengers on the train.The ghosts somehow find their way into a nearby orphanage where only 12-year-old Beatrice McMullin can see them — and then begins a tricky partnership. The ghosts initially have trouble communicating with
... Read more
A Good Arriving

by David McRobbie ...

'I'm in it good and proper, worse than sweeping out the tallest, muckiest chimney. But I learnt there are two sorts of kindness. One of them's nice to look at for a time, but it's rotten inside. The other one's true and honest, like the kind Helen gives.'Chimney sweep Ben escapes from a tyrannical boss, but his brave new life turns nasty and dangerous.Helen wants nothing more than to stay on the ... Read more

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'I'm in it good and proper, worse than sweeping out the tallest, muckiest chimney. But I learnt there are two sorts of kindness. One of them's nice to look at for a time, but it's rotten inside. The other one's true and honest, like the kind Helen gives.'Chimney sweep Ben escapes from a tyrannical boss, but his brave new life turns nasty and dangerous.Helen wants nothing more than to stay on the
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