The Writing Company · The Mayor hosting
Write a Story Practice
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The Mayor says
Before you write your own, let us sharpen your eye. A writer who can spot the strong sentence, and hear when a voice wavers, can build one that holds.
Three ways to sharpen your eye before you write your own. No grades here, just practice.
Shows or tells?
Send each sentence to where it belongs.
Match the move to the sentence
Tap a craft move on the left, then the sentence that uses it on the right.
The move
The sentence
Finish the plan
Here is the Mayor's story plan for the student-council year, with one answer missing. Which note belongs in the blank?
- Who? Me and my campaign partner Priya.
- What do I want to do? Win the seat and move the school start time later.
- What happens when I try?
- How does it end? I get a small monthly pilot instead of the big change, and I learn more from it than winning would have taught me.