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Frank Cottrell Boyce's Top Tips

Frank Cottrell Boyce has tweeted a series of useful tips to help young storytellers along the path of their creative writing. Here are some great ideas on how to get going and what to do if you get stuck!

Also watch the Story Laboratory: Ten Killer Tips in Ten Minutes video for more interactive and inspiring ideas.

Tip 2: Come to a crossroads and pick a path

Tip 3: What are the judges looking for? Something fresh and original

Tip 4: Scratch, sniff and listen

Bonus Tip: From Gary Prevost. About sentence style

Tip 5: Read your story OUT LOUD!

Tip 6: Changing the storyteller gives you a different point of view

Tip 7: Keep Calm and Never use Buzz Words

Tip 8: Dont Panic!