Creative writing - Effective Openings and Endings

This resource is designed to help students improve their creative writing by focusing on evaluating effective story openings and endings.

It includes a range of examples that demonstrate various techniques for starting a story, such as setting the scene with vivid descriptions, beginning with an action to engage the reader, introducing intriguing characters or dialogue, and using thought-provoking questions or statements.

For endings, the resource explores approaches like linking back to the story’s beginning (cyclical structure), delivering a twist or unexpected revelation, resolving the central conflict, or leaving the story open-ended for the reader to contemplate.

In addition, it provides detailed plans for both descriptive writing and storytelling.