Partnership and innovation Years 3,5,7 literacy materials Better Writing www.qsa.qld.edu.au © The State of Queensland (Queensland Studies Authority) 2007 Better Writing Better Writing Something to think about You can make the story more interesting by having more than one problem THE PIGS dig a tunnel and break out by themselves... yeah... and then run free through the countryside. I could try and save the pigs from the pig farmer... yikes... that might be too exciting! what about if... What? THE PIGS GET CAPTURED BY THEIR NATURAL ENEMY! ... the butcher! I could be attacked by a Gang of bandit pigs. ...Nah, too risky... i might get hurt... Then? Now what’s going to happen? When people use words like complication, they mean event or action happens to make the story scary, exciting or even sad. The complication can also be a problem. what Illustrations by Marty Beedell 3 3 COMPLICATION COMPLICATION

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Page 1: Better COMPLICATION 3 · event or action happens to make the story scary, exciting or even sad. The complication can also be a problem. what Illustrations by Marty Beedell COMPLICATION

Partnership and innovation

Years 3,5,7 literacy materialsBetter Writing www.qsa.qld.edu.au

Better Writing Better Writing

Something to think aboutYou can make the story more interesting by having more than one problem

THE PIGS dig a tunnel and break out by themselves...

yeah... and then run free through the countryside.

I could try and save the pigs from the pig farmer...

yikes... that might be too exciting! what about if...

What?

THE PIGS GET CAPTURED BY THEIR NATURAL ENEMY! ... the butcher!

I could be attacked by a Gang of bandit pigs. ...Nah, too risky... i might get hurt...

Then?

Now what’s going to happen?

When people use words like complication, they mean event or action happens to make the story scary, exciting or even sad. The complication can also be a problem.

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