Choose one of the settings listed below and write the opening of a story. A main character and the idea for a story have also been given, but you can make up your own if you like. Try to include at least one of the techniques for creating setting.
SETTING Beach
Submarine Museum
Fun fair PROTAGONIST
(MAIN CHARACTER) Lorcan
Annabelle Rian
Mary STORY
Needs to save a beached whale Finds that the crew has vanished
Discovers that a famous painting has been stolen
Sees someone who looks exactly like her
The moon had started to rise over the brightly lit fun fair. Clamouring into the booth, Mary and her friend Tanya took the icy bar that hung over their heads and pulled it down with an urgent jolt. They had been queuing for almost twenty minutes and their hair stood on end with nervous apprehension. The weather didn’t help. It was an unusually crisp night and darkness was falling fast. Mary braced herself for the quick spin of the booth, but as it spun her eyes moved to the compartment opposite her.
‘Huh, that girl looks an awful lot like me.’ P. 61 K
Go to your Writing Skills Book to carry out some more examination of settings.
