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A Beginner’s Guide to Creative Writing
Unlock the storyteller within every child!
About the Book
Unlock the storyteller within every child!
A Beginner’s Guide to Creative Writing is a thoughtfully crafted self-help companion for children aged 8 to 10. Whether your child is just starting out or already loves to scribble stories, this book offers a structured and inspiring experience that makes creative writing fun, engaging, and educational.
What’s inside:
Simple explanations to break down complex writing concepts
Fun prompts to spark creativity and build fluency
Step-by-step guidance on sentence variety, vocabulary, and grammar
Challenges and brain boosters that build confidence and skill
This isn’t just another workbook—it’s a launchpad for your child’s imagination. With this book, children learn to express themselves with clarity, creativity, and joy.
Why This Book?
- Designed specifically for ages 8–10
Combines education with imagination
Builds foundational skills for future writing success
Encourages independent, joyful learning
Let your child discover the joy of writing—one prompt at a time.
The book covers fundamental aspects of writing, including:
Building Blocks of Writing:
Phrasing sentences (subject, verb, object), paragraph structures (topic, supporting, concluding sentences), grammar (parts of speech, sentence types, tenses, subject-verb agreement), and vocabulary building (synonyms, antonyms, context clues, word families).
Creative Writing Techniques:
Descriptive writing (using sensory details, vivid language, figurative language) and narrative writing (characters, setting, plot, conflict, resolution, and using a story map).
Tips and Challenges:
The guide provides advice for budding writers, including the importance of reading, daily writing, planning ideas, using descriptive language, editing, seeking feedback, observing the world, and having fun. It also includes “Fun Writing Challenges” like mind mapping, writing a story in 30 minutes, and genre swapping.
Practical Activities:
Various exercises are provided throughout the book, such as fill-in-the-blanks, adding details to sentences, arranging jumbled sentences, expanding paragraphs, identifying parts of speech and sentence types, practicing tenses, and subject-verb agreement.
Meet Zainab Shahiwala
Educator. Mentor. Curriculum Designer.
Zainab Shahiwala is an accomplished educator with a passion for nurturing young minds through language, creativity, and independent thinking. Holding a Master’s degree in Microbiology, a PG Diploma in Intellectual Property Law, and TESOL/TEFL certification, she brings a unique blend of academic depth and creative spark to her teaching.
Her diverse experience—ranging from teaching children to lecturing at the college level—has shaped her student-centric philosophy. She believes learning should be joyful, meaningful, and creatively fulfilling.
As a curriculum designer and writing mentor, she creates engaging programs that help children become confident, clear, and expressive communicators. A Beginner’s Guide to Creative Writing is a reflection of this vision, encouraging young writers to discover and develop their voice.
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