09:30 - 10:45am BST

DATES: 27 July; 3 Aug; 10 Aug; 17 Aug; 24 Aug; 31 Aug.

6 lessons/7.5hrs of tuition

The creative writing course will be run by Charlie and will cover the following main topics:

What is creativity - how can we become creative?

‘Simple but exciting’ - what kinds of stories work best when time is of the essence?

How to come up with story ideas that work - what makes a good beginning, middle and end?

‘Show Don’t Tell’ - how to describe emotions and keep your reader engaged.

Poetic language and tone - metaphors, similes, personification, the five senses and when to use them.

What the examiners want to see: advanced grammar, openers, speech and more.

At the end of the course, students will write and submit an entire story typical of an 11+ assessment which will be marked to 11+ standards, with detailed feedback provided by Charlie.