Fiction writing

Learn how to engage the senses and use adjectives, imagery, alliteration and onomatopoeia for descriptive purposes.

When writing fiction, a writer carefully chooses the point of view. A point of view is the perspective of the story – the way the story is told.

Learn how fiction writers can grab and hold their reader’s attention by creating tension.

Learn how to use language for effect, and see how word choices can bring your characters and settings to life.

Writers shape their stories in order to create an emotional response in the reader.

Learn how writers shape their stories and use structure in order to create an emotional response in the reader.

Learn how to engage the reader in the opening paragraph of your story with attention-grabbing first lines.

Learn how to use linguistic devices such as similes and metaphors to add flavour to your writing by making evocative, sometimes surprising comparisons.