Wriitng ideas

[maa]

HI!
My son has to write stories as below:

A broken promise
My brilliant idea

Seems he is struggling to come up with good ideas and finish the task within 30 minutes. Any suggestions/ideas to improve on it?
Thanks to all in advance.

[parent2013]

These are advanced/tricky topics to write. I honestly don't think that you'll get any assistance on ideas/plots from the forum members. You are competing against them in Olave's .......right?? What does your tutor (if you have one) says?

[maa]

Thanks parent2013. Have send a pm.

[judy6]

The writing techniques employed are as important as the story line. Have a look at ..... [Edited by moderator]

[newatthis]

Has anyone actually got and used the magic money cards? I can see how they would be helpful but wanted some actual user feedback. thanks

[Stroller]

judy6 thinks they're good enough to recommend in 14 of the 17 posts she has made on this forum in two years.

[Ladymuck]

I was unimpressed. Bought them but didn't use them.

[YoungSuccess]

Has anyone actually got and used the magic money cards? I can see how they would be helpful but wanted some actual user feedback. thanks

Bought it for DS in Year 5 when we were then in full swing of our 11+ preparation. DS said it could be useful, started it, but he quickly ignored it because he just wanted to get on and finish his work. I also became too impatient with it. So my opinion is, this may be better used at very early stage - way before you get into the final year of preparation. Will try it this year with my younger one, still years ahead of 11+ !

[parent2013]

Waste of time and money. Better off buying pizza instead.

[Stroller]

For the avoidance of doubt, I strongly suspect judy6's posts were purely intended to advertise the product.