Creative Writing Help
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2016 1:57 pm
Hi All,
if you would recall, i had written about this before, but as I am not able to make much of a difference, i have come back to ask for advice...
My daughter loves to write stories and enjoys creating a world of her own when she writes.
However, she is not able to concentrate on structure sometimes. If I ask her to concentrate on her structure, she looses her plot and/or goes overboard with adjectives and 'show,not tell' strategies.
And worse, sometimes I know what is needed to be corrected in her writing, but sometimes I fail too. Because I look for a flow in her story, or a peak in a plot - which sometimes is missed.
Her story is great if we look at each sentence, but from one sentence to the other, does not quite have a flow.
I am not sure how I can help her. She gets frustrated as she thinks she is doing what is being asked i.e. each time I ask her to concentrate on a particular aspect, she does that, but either looses her plot or goes a bit over board.
I am struggling to explain her how she could do both together.
I wonder if a tutor at this time of the year can help. And if so, what should I be looking in the tutor.
if you would recall, i had written about this before, but as I am not able to make much of a difference, i have come back to ask for advice...
My daughter loves to write stories and enjoys creating a world of her own when she writes.
However, she is not able to concentrate on structure sometimes. If I ask her to concentrate on her structure, she looses her plot and/or goes overboard with adjectives and 'show,not tell' strategies.
And worse, sometimes I know what is needed to be corrected in her writing, but sometimes I fail too. Because I look for a flow in her story, or a peak in a plot - which sometimes is missed.
Her story is great if we look at each sentence, but from one sentence to the other, does not quite have a flow.
I am not sure how I can help her. She gets frustrated as she thinks she is doing what is being asked i.e. each time I ask her to concentrate on a particular aspect, she does that, but either looses her plot or goes a bit over board.
I am struggling to explain her how she could do both together.
I wonder if a tutor at this time of the year can help. And if so, what should I be looking in the tutor.