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    Creative Writing Guide: Turning You Idea into a Story
    Creative Writing Guide: Turning You Idea into a Story
    Creative Writing Guide: Turning You Idea into a Story
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    Creative Writing Guide: Turning You Idea into a Story

    By E J Ouston

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    Many people can tell a story, but if it doesn’t excite and intrigue the readers on the first page they won’t read on. These guides will allow you to study in the comfort of your home and at your leisure.
    This guide contains all you need to start you on your writing journey.
    It includes:
    * The nine building blocks of story
    * Developing strong characters
    * Establishing point of view
    * Creating the best setting
    * Character interview questions.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMorris Publishing Australia
    Release dateJul 30, 2021
    ISBN9780648878223
    Creative Writing Guide: Turning You Idea into a Story
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    E J Ouston

    E J Ouston is the author of several popular books for children, including the fantasy series, The Mystery of Nida Valley. This series is based around a hidden valley where Australia's megafauna roam. She has also published picture books about the megafauna and several other books.She is the writing tutor and editor at Gondor Writers' Centre and organizes literary festivals at Australian Literary Festivals and Book Fairs.

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      Creative Writing Guide - E J Ouston

      Gondor Writing Centre

      Creative Writing Guide

      Turning an idea into a story

      © Copyright Elaine Ouston, Australia 2021

      Published by

      Morris Publishing Australia

      http://morrispublishingaustralia.com

      ISBN: 978-0-6488782-2-3

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright holder.

      Meet the author:

      Elaine Ouston has a Master of Letters in Creative Writing and has been teaching writing to adults and children for over 15 years. She is a published author of many books for children and has stories for adults in many anthologies.

      Introduction:

      Many people tell me they are going to write a book one day and the idea they have will make it a best seller. Now it is great to have that kind of confidence, but when I ask them what knowledge and experience they have as a writer, they say things like, I was top of my class in English.

      If only it was that simple. There is more to writing a best seller than knowing basic English. Having been through the journey from having ideas to turning them into popular books for children, I can tell you it is not that easy.

      To me, saying you can write a best-seller without learning about the craft of story creation is like saying you are going to do brain surgery without going to medical school.

      50% of writing a great work of fiction is imagination and 50% is technical skill on how to build a great story, but these skills can be learned.

      Like all professions, to be the best at what you do, you have to work at it. Many people can tell a story, but if it doesn’t excite and intrigue the readers on the first page they won’t read on.

      These skills are needed whatever you are writing – short story, picture book, chapter books for children, poems, memoirs, novels, etc.

      This book and the ones that follow will help you learn those skills.

      Chapter One – BUILDING BLOCKS OF STORY

      I am often asked where writers get ideas for stories. Some tell me they come to them in a dream, others from meeting an interesting character, some from reading or listening to a real-life story, learning about something new, or just from a passion for a subject. For many fiction writers, the

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