GCSE Secondary English Age 13-17 - Writing: Forms of Writing: Fiction Part 2 - Explained

The video provides tips for making writing entertaining, including planning, engaging with characters and plot, understanding story structure, hooking readers, creating suspense, using impactful writing techniques, developing characters, and reviewing and editing. It encourages viewers to consolidate their learning by planning, writing, and reviewing their own stories, and offers an online quiz for further practice.

What is the first step to make your writing more engaging?

• Focus only on dialogue

• Write without a structure

• Plan your writing and engage with characters

• Use complex vocabulary

How can you create suspense in your writing?

• Withhold information and let readers imagine

• Reveal all information at once

• Focus on character descriptions

• Use only dialogue

What is a key technique to control the pace of your writing?

• Use only long sentences

• Use a variety of sentence structures

• Avoid using action

• Focus on one character

When should you reveal character backstory?

• At the very beginning

• Only in the middle

• Strategically, to increase tension

• Not at all

What should you do after writing to ensure quality?

• Add more characters

• Edit out excess information and make corrections

• Ignore feedback

• Focus on adding more dialogue