A place that matters
Describe a place you know well using details that allow another person to picture it.
Give your ideas somewhere to go.
Writing improves through practice. Start small, write regularly and focus on communicating an idea clearly before worrying about making every sentence perfect.
Explain something
Explain how to do something you know how to do. Imagine your reader has never tried it before.
Continue the story
Start with: “When I opened the old book, one sentence had been written in the margin…”
Opinion with reasons
Choose a topic, state your view, give two reasons and add one example.
Rewrite
Take a paragraph and improve it by replacing vague words with specific ones.
Write for a real audience
Create a short notice, email, review or explanation that a real person could actually use.
Remember
First get the idea onto the page. Then revise it.