How to win a creative writing competition
I’ve judged a lot of competitions for young writers, and the following advice may give you the chance of winning one.
●Cut your first paragraph.
It’s amazing how many stories are improved by simply covering up the first paragraph. You may just want to warm up.
●Keep it simple.
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If you want to write about Harry Potter, or a footballer or celebrity, adjust it. Change the name. Change the situation. Make your own character and try exaggerating an aspect of the personality to make your point striking.
●Write an ending.
The great film director Alexander Mackendrick said, “If you’ve got a beginning, but you don’t yet have an end, then you’re wrong.” I suggest you come up with your ending first.
A.It’s the story that matters. |
B.Avoid characters that already exist. |
C.I see a really odd trend in the stories. |
D.Describe characters in your own words. |
E.Plan that out, then plan how you’re going to get there. |
F.Works handed in are usually divided into two categories. |
G.Or you may just desire to tell me some crucial information in the first few lines. |
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Begin planning ahead of time. Preparing for your examination early will provide sufficient time to go over all you have already learned. You can establish a plan to better organize your schedule. However, how can you make a good schedule?
Arrange your learning area. Make sure things around you are in order before you begin preparing and reviewing the study material for your examinations.
Study your old notes and test papers.
Have enough rest. While it may appear that studying for longer periods will boost efficiency, it will eventually drain you, leaving you with no power to learn and remember things. Thus, it’s critical to have adequate rest.
You can consider these recommendations, which will serve as an excellent jumpstart for your learning journey.
A.Seek assistance |
B.Plan a group study |
C.Keep your notes and test papers well |
D.Figure out how many examinations you will take |
E.It contributes to retaining ideas and refreshing your mind |
F.Set a timer for yourself while reviewing your previous notes |
G.You must also have sufficient room for your learning resources |
【推荐2】Some Ways to Have an Amazing Day
Here are a few tips for making sure you can answer the pop quiz of life confidently:
Be kind.
I avoided saying “Stay Busy” because sometimes we can fill our day with meaningless activities and feel busy but then at the end of the day we look back and realize we accomplished nothing. A great way to stay productive is to look at the things you would like to accomplish today, this week, this month, etc. and then plan some time to work on each of them.
Look for ways to serve.
I truly believe that giving meaningful service to other people is the greatest key to our personal happiness. It may be just a smile and a “hello”.
Find a purpose.
The happiest people have one or more big “life goals”.
A.Keep learning new things |
B.Make the most of every day |
C.Stay productive all the time |
D.Try to do more in your everyday life |
E.It may be helping them with their work |
F.It has been said that you can measure a person by how they treat the people who can do nothing for them |
G.It may be to run a marathon, write a book, start a business, develop a product or learn a new hobby or profession. |
【推荐3】Family Link has lots of advantages that may be favored by parents. Inside the app, you can create Google accounts for your children, sharing information like their names and birth dates.
Parents can also use Family Link to create restrictions for how children browse the web. You can turn on a filter (过滤器) that blocks bad websites, though Google acknowledges the filter is imperfect and some unpleasant sites may get past it.
Caroline Knorr, the parenting editor of Common Sense Media, which evaluates content and products for families, applauded the screen time feature, noting the difficulty of getting children to put down their phones.
A.For a more picky approach |
B.It is going to solve all my problems |
C.Then when your child logs in to a phone |
D.From there, Family Link is a breeze to use |
E.Parents will probably love a feature called screen time |
F.But sticking with time limits and schedules would be complicated |
G.Parents can also get a weekly report to see how often a child is using a certain app |