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Australian Storytelling - Storytellers, Educational Stories, Articles, Storytelling Guild News, Story links in Australia, Storytelling Festivals Romance story Generator Stories In this story, a courageous boatman is fixed up with an astrologer who inherited a family curse. What starts as friendship quickly becomes obsessive love. This story takes place in a port in a star-spanning magical empire. This story takes place in a large city in Europe. In this story, a video game addict who tragically misunderstood an alien custom is forced to work with a crippled occultist. In this story, a rabble-rouser who is heir to a kingdom but doesn't know it falls madly in love with a healthy physicist - all thanks to a miscommunication. In this story, a gentle midwife crosses paths with a happy airline pilot. This story takes place in a port city in South America. In this story, a planetary explorer with unexpected depths falls passionately in love with a disloyal architect - all thanks to a performance. This story takes place in a military town. This story starts in a city-state in a universe where space travel occurs by magical means.

HOME - Make Beliefs Comix Henry Lawson: Australian writer Henry Lawson's life and background Portrait of Henry Lawson by Sir John Longstaff. Oil on canvas 41x30.5cm. Image courtesy of the : an20358241. was born on the goldfields in New South Wales on 17 June 1867. In Henry's early years, the family lived on a poor selection in the Mudgee district. His parents separated in 1883, and Henry moved to Sydney with his mother, . Colin Roderick , who published a biography of Lawson called , suggests that Lawson suffered from manic depression and sought refuge from his mood swings in alcohol. Henry married Bertha Bredt in 1896, and they had two children, but it was not a happy relationship and they separated in 1903. Henry Lawson and the Australian bush Much of Lawson's work was set in the , or was about bush life. This was also the time before , and Australians' allegiance was not to Australia, because it did not exist as an united entity as yet. Lawson and The Bulletin Lawson was first published in The Bulletin in 1887 with the poem . Useful links

Discourse Engine - Fiction Generators generators frozen grid magic grid one string grids two string grids three string grids four string grids five string grids six string grids seven string grids eight string grids nine string grids AispWeb Note: These fiction generators are based on strings and sub-strings. Clicking on any of the links to your left will bring you to a FORM page with a brief explanation of the form structure and then lots of buttons and text boxes. The radio buttons at the top of every row of strings allow you to change the default text sequence in each sub-string box. You can save your work and come back to it later if you save the form page to your favorites folder. persist. If you close the form page or go somewhere else before saving it to your favorites folder, you'll lose everything in the text boxes . When you open your story from the favorites menu, it'll come up with all the text there; but if you click any of the radio buttons in any filled row, you'll lose the text in those boxes .

Learning log Two students share and compare their learning logs. Learning logs are a personalized learning resource for children. In the learning logs, the children record their responses to learning challenges set by their teachers. Each log is a unique record of the child's thinking and learning. The logs are usually a visually oriented development of earlier established models of learning journals, which can become an integral part of the teaching and learning program and have had a major impact on their drive to develop a more independent learner. Model support[edit] The importance of learners becoming aware of their own thought processes and gaining insights into the strategies they use to resolve problems, or overcome difficulties.[1] There is also critical need for students to become actively involved in the process of learning.[2] Use and scope of learning logs[edit] Closeup of a child's Learning log A child's learning log See also[edit] References[edit] Jump up ^ Blagg, Nigel (1991).

Story Starters & Idea Generators One of the best ways to break through writer's block or stretch your writing skills is to pick a story starter and just start writing. Suggestions on how to use each generator are included with the generator. Caveat: There's always a temptation to keep looking for the "perfect" idea, but then you need to ask yourself...are you really just trying to avoid writing? Problem: You can't get a story started Solution: Archetype's Plot Scenario Generator What it is: This generator provides you with the event that gets the story rolling and a secondary conflict to keep you going! Problem: Your characters lack depth Solution: Archetype's Character Generator What it is: A quick character sketch filled with the kinds of little details that makes stories engaging: character gender, cardinal traits, weaknesses, and most prized possession. Problem: Your characters don't feel like "real" people Solution: Archetype's Everyday Problems Generator Looking for something you don't see? Getting Yourself Started

Short Story Project: The Task You will read and study – both independently and as a class – a range of short stories, focusing on the key elements of short story writing (exposition, character, setting, theme, plot, action, conflict, climax, resolution, and narrative techniques), and produce your own original short story for publication. You are required to undertake the following: Read widely in the area of short story fiction. Through your broad reading and class work, aim to develop an informed understanding of the key elements of short story construction:• exposition (also known as ‘orientation') • characters • setting(s) • theme(s) • plot • action • conflict • climax • resolution • point of view • narrative techniques Create and present your own original short story for publication. Approximate length: 1000 words.

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