science+fiction+by+ayla

Close your eyes and imagine yourself on another planet or travelling through space (e.g. in a spaceship.) Write three things that you: See I saw the spaceships pressure gage getting higher and higher as we left the earths surface. Hear I heard the sound of the engine rumbling. Smell I smelt moonrocks that smelt like pancakes. Write something happening in the first couple of lines in third person– something exciting is going to happening (elves getting up and disappearing, dancing) it does not have to be extreme, but it must get the story off with a hiss and a roar! Start in the middle of the story, ask the question, could I start further on in the story? Write long enough so that people want to read on, your main goal is to entice the reader to find out more.

Th e spaceship landed on the moon with a cloud of dust around it. As we got out Karen felt the cool air and the moon mist that surrrounded us. We decided to go exploring for any signs of life.

22/10/08  The rounded spaceship landed on the moon with a horrible screeching noise. Karen got out the moon buggy. They decided to go exploring for any signs of life. Bob smelt the air he smelt something it almost smelt like pancakes but it had the soft sent of a moon rock. The group took a sample of the rock and put it in their moon buggy. They went to one of the outerpace cafes and had a feast upon snail and worm pie YUCK!!!!

Off Into Space. Bob and Karen are in a space ship oing to the moon. They land on the moon. Bob and Karen are looking for moon rocks in their moon buggy. They come across a cave and go exploring in it. Karen notices something in the corner shaking It was a baby alien named Zorg

12/11/08 Off into space and next... Bob and Karen are in a spaceship going to the moon. and next... They land on the moon and next Bob and Karen are looking for moon rocks there moon buggy. and next... They come across a cave and go exploring in it. and next... There was a baby alien named Zorg. and next... Zorgs parents trap Bob and Karen. and next... The alien asks if they are hungry. and next... Zorg lets Bob and Karen free. and next... They take Zorg back to earth and sell higgle bits calling them higgle pancake bits.

21/11.08 Off into space. When Bob and Karen landed on the moon they knew what they were going to do. First they were going to go exploring. Then they were going to colect samples of moon rocks to take back to Earth They got the moon buggy out and went exploring. They passed all sorts off things like craters valleys and geysers. All of a sudden Karen stopped the buggy, Bob got out and started scaning the area. He searched far and wide, high and low then he saw something. "Hey Karen come over here" he said. Karen came over and asked "what is it" It was a cave. Bob and Karen went in with a torch, Karen saw something, it was shaking Bob turned the torch on they saw the thing. "Ah", Karen screamed as she saw it. "Dont hurt me", said the thing Karen went and had a closer look. To her amazement it was a baby alien, his name was Zorg. While Bob and Karen were talking to Zorg, Zorgs parents came home. His parents saw Zorg talking to Bob and Karen and put them in a cage. After a while the aliens parents went out again. The alien Zorg asked if Bob and Karen were hungry. They said yes so Zorg gave them some higgle bits. "They taste like pancakes" said Karen. Zorg let Bob and Karen out of the cage and told them that he wanted to go back to Earth with them. They took Zorg back to earth and decided to sell the higgle bits and call them pahiggle bits. The end

In stories there are three “h’s” HANDS – always doing something with your hands HEAD – What they are thinking HEART – How they react to situations *Copy and paste your story underneath the first attempt (Use the rule off line in tools) and rewrite the same story with your character thinking or feeling something. “Oh no,” he thought. She was curious This is the end A shiver ran up his spine (don’t always need to tell the reader that they are scared). Remember that it’s important to have your character involved in action. ***Now is the time to write w** **hat is going to happen next? Copy and paste your beginning, leave a line and write "And then...". Look at the example below to see how to do it.**

Once upon a time there were three little pigs etc. And then...they were told to find somewhere else to live by their mum. And then...they went to the market, the first little pig bought some straw etc. And then... the first little pig made his house out of straw, the second little pig made his house out of sticks etc. And then a wolf came along a asked to be let in, the first little pig refused entry and the wolf blew his house in. And then the wolf went to the second little pigs house etc.


 * What is going to happen next?

And then…

Is this exciting? Is something more exciting happening? How is the story going to develop – all we have to do is ask “and then…” Focus on the main point of what is going to happen – write the main points so that you have an idea of where your story is going, don’t write in the dialogue etc.**

Hopefully you get the point! The most important thing is to make sure you write the main things that happen (leave all the flowery details out), what I don't want to see is - He fell down. And next...he got up. And next...he picked a flower. Think of a DVD and how it is split into scenes.


 * Next task is to decide what has happened to your character in order to change something, e.g. a characters thoughts and feelings can change. The characters have to change so the reader wants to get interested. Characters have lots of problems and things going on, e.g. brothers and sister relationships, school, mum and dad…The difference does not have to be great, even a subtle change is good.

What did your character think before?

What do they think afterwards?

Write a few points – what is going to be the major change to their thoughts, attitudes and feelings.

What sort of person was your character at the start of the story?

What sort of person is your character at the finish of the story?

What are the advantages of having you in the story? One is pretending writing about somebody- the writer is god. The character is a person who develops as**