Writing Games
Game
Do you like playing games?
Enjoy Jeopardy?
Try playing these Jeopardy style writing games and learn while you play.STYLE
- Road Trip Activities for the Car: Poetry Writing — suggested by students of a poetry class at Fuller Library.
- Poetry Resources — suggested by Natalie, a young reader of our website.
- Maryville University Online’s Literary Devices Guide — a link sent to us by Peyton, a 13-year-old aspiring writer.
- A Guide to Writing for College by Veritas Prep sent to us by the Teen Zone Writing Club at Veritas Prep in Tennesee. Good links!
- 102 Common English Idioms with Meaning and Examples from Michelle, an English teacher.
- Homophones, they are everywhere. Suggested by Cloe, a visitor to our website.
- The Student’s Internet Research Guide from InternetAdvisor.com
Style Manuals – You pick the one you like, and stick to it.
| https://www.perlego.com/knowledge/apa-guide/what-is-apa-citation-style/ | A referencing and citations guide for APA and Harvard formats. The guide features tons of examples of how to cite various works in each format. |
| www.aaanet.org/publications/style_guide.pdf | The American Anthropological Association style guide has some interesting stuff. |
| www.bartleby.com/141/ | Online Strunk & White, Elements of Style, you can’t go wrong with this information. |
| http://owl.english.purdue.edu/CMS | The Chicago Manual of Style (CMS) covers a variety of topics from manuscript preparation and publication to grammar, usage, and documentation. Perdue OWL |
| http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/MLA | Modern Language Association (MLA) style guide from Perdue OWL |
| http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/APA | APA (American Psychological Association) style guidelines from Perdue OWL |
NARRATION
- Narration Building Blocks
- How to Find Your Narrative Voice
- Three R’s of Narrative Nonfiction
- Narrative Essays – Perdue Owl
DESCRIPTION
- Write Vivid Descriptions
- Writing Description
- How to Write Vivid Descriptions
DIALOGUE
- Top Tips for Writing Dialogue
- Keep it Simple: Keys to Realistic Dialogue
- Writing Natural Dialogue
PLOT DEVELOPMENT
- Plot Development: Climax, Resolution, and Your Main Character
- Plot Development: How To Create A Plot Outline In 8 Easy Steps
- 11 Plot Pitfalls – And How to Rescue Your Story
- Plots and Stories
- Why Readers Read Mysteries — James N. Frey
CHARACTERIZATION
- You and Your Characters (SF)
- Characters: Introduction & the Basics
- Better backstory
- Guide to Direct and Indirect Characterization
THEME & PREMISE
- Coming Apart at the Themes
- Premise vs. Theme
- ONCE AND FOR ALL, PREMISE AND THEME ARE COUSINS NOT TWINS (Screenwriting)
- Concept Defined
- WRITING FICTION — PREMISE