Get the best experience in our app Enjoy offline reading, category favourites, and instant updates - right from your pocket. Download the App Maybe later Home Archived Suggestions for writing Back Suggestions for writing 24th September 2004, 1:00am Angel Scott Share Suggestions for writing https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/suggestions-writing Copy Link Write about the stories and storytelling that you remember from your childhood. Describe their effect on you. Alternatively you may prefer to tell the story of something that happened to you. Practise telling your story to a partner before you start writing. Ask for feedback to help you improve it. Want to keep reading for free? Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. Register Log in Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. More information Keep reading for just £4.90 per month /per month for 12 months You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters More information Read more Working with the extract Angel Scott • 24th September 2004 About the author Angel Scott • 24th September 2004 Suggestions for writing Angel Scott • 24th September 2004 Working with the extract Angel Scott • 24th September 2004 Recent Most read Most shared Cambridge extends coursework deadline over Middle East war News 10 March 2026 Allegations of cheating in primary tests up by a fifth in 2 years News 10 March 2026 Tes Wellbeing Report: Teachers warn of SEND and workload pressures News 10 March 2026 Uta Frith: why I no longer think autism is a spectrum Teaching & Learning 4 March 2026 How a small change to the English curriculum could cut teacher workload Teaching & Learning 9 March 2026 Why making maths ‘more relevant’ misses the point Analysis 5 March 2026 Zack Polanski to headline NEU conference News 6 March 2026 On-screen exams could widen disadvantage gap, EEF warns News 6 March 2026 Social media must be banned until 16 to tackle in-school misogyny Analysis 8 March 2026