How to write a describe/narrate piece of fiction

AQA ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER 1: FICTION

All of the content for creative writing has been consolidated into the creative writing guides section of our website. You should look at the guides to the different areas of writing that are relevant to this task. They are listed below.

This guide is part of the English Language Paper 1 series:

  1. Paper 1 Question 2 - analysing language

  2. Paper 1 Questions 3 - analysing structure

  3. Paper 1 Question 4 - evaluating the statement

  4. Paper 1 Question 5 - writing to describe/narrate

Relevant creative writing guides for English Language Paper 1 Question 5

The following guides are specifically focussed on this task:

  1. How to create characters

  2. How to describe settings

  3. How to write direct speech

  4. How to use a 3rd person limited narrative voice

  5. How to control time

  6. How to use timeshift

  7. How to plan and structure a story

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