MY FIRST DIARY Keeping a diary is great practice if you’d like to become an author one day. Use the writing prompts below (adapted from Nancy Clancy: My Secret Diary) to make your ﬁrst diary entry; it could be the beginning of your ﬁrst short story or book! What kinds of stories would you like to tell? What would your main character be like? What would he or she be named? Can you think of a good title for your story? Write some options. Start your story! If you get writer’s block—which means you don’t know what should happen next— ask a friend to help you brainstorm some creative ideas. Illustrations © by Robin Preiss Glasser. Permission to reproduce and distribute this page has been granted by the copyright holder, HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved. www.fancynancyworld.com Aspiring Author

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MY FIRST DIARYKeeping a diary is great practice if you’d like to become

an author one day. Use the writing prompts below (adapted from Nancy Clancy: My Secret Diary) to make your first diary

entry; it could be the beginning of your first short story or book!

What kinds of stories would you like to tell?

What would your main character be like? What would he or she be named?

Can you think of a good title for your story? Write some options.

Start your story! If you get writer’s block—which means you don’t know what should happen next—ask a friend to help you brainstorm some creative ideas.

www.fancynancyworld.com

Aspiring Author