Welcome to Bald Worm's Key to All Mythologies

Inventing Characters Read! Journal Word Notebook

Choosing Titles The Fab Four Golden Rules Generating Ideas Stealing Ideas From an Idea to a Plan Planning from a Picture Stories Based on a Passage Stories Based on a Sentence An Example of Good Planning

Describing a Location Longer descriptions Describing a character's appearance Dialogue Distinctive Voices Show, Don't Tell Characterisation: Shown Feelings More Characterisation Techniques Playing with Sentences Playscripts Action Suspense

What is story structure? 1 Exciting opening line 2 Set the scene 3 Talking and describing character 4 Characterisation 5 Suspense 6 Action 7 Cliffhanger Standing Out: How can you stand out from the crowd? Clever Clogs: Non-Linear Clever-clogs: Two perspectives Clever-clogs: Narrative voice Practice 11+ exam titles

Checking your story in an exam Redrafting = improving your story What if I run out of time in an exam? The Grumpy Examiner's Pet Hates

Year 2 into 3 Lemony Snicket After Harry Potter Must-Read Authors Spy Novels Horror Stories Classics Animal Stories Adventure Historical Fiction Myths & Legends Fantasy Family Stories & Comedies

Hi, worm fans!

Welcome to Bald Worm's Key to All Mythologies: your guide to success in London's 11+ schools entrance examinations.

On this site, you'll find special sections to help you with all the things you'll need to create a successful, exciting story:

how to come up with a brilliant idea
planning and structuring your story
tips and techniques for particular story styles
recipes for delicious cakes and treats (mmmm, cakes...)

This site is designed so you can dip in and out as you need to. Please don't try and read everything in one go - you'll just end up with a headache. Try tackling a page a day in the months leading up to your exams (or if you just want to write better stories) and you'll be a tip-top story writer in no time. You should also make regular visits to my blog, where you'll find homework tasks and writing challenges.

Simply click on the buttons at the left of the page and then choose the page you're interested in from the drop-up menu.

If you'd like to know more about the 11+ examination, and what to expect, click here.

Last updated on August 10, 2007