Sylvia McNicoll
Canadian Author for Young People
Mystery Writing Tips
Every story is a mystery in a way--of course some more than most. These tips should help will all story creation. Enjoy! Thank you EpilogueProdcutions.com and Telling Tales.
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Metaphors, Similes, Using Five Senses to Create Scenes
Writing your true story, where to get started. Scroll down for Getting the Idea, then go to Developing the Idea and then finish with Creating Scenes. These are bare bone tips to help you get writing.By the way they can be used equally well with fiction writing. Visit...
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Second writing tip: Developing Your Idea
March 30 is looming and we want your story or poem. In the first writing tip, we explored how to brainstorm some ideas on paper. Talk about your idea with your friends or family. Decide what you hope readers will take away from your end, ask yourself what's the high...
read moreWriting tip: Getting the Idea
This video is the first tip in a series of six aimed to help you feel confident in expressing yourself through words for Writing the Rollercoaster. We hope it shows you how to mine for the ideas you want to write about. It was designed with younger writers in mind but...
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Writing the Roller Coaster-Burlington Family Literacy Project!
It’s a Virtual Life I live on the computer Almost a real life Frozen until a cure comes This is my own form of haiku--instead of five, seven, five syllables, it's seven, five, seven. I didn't re-invent the form on purpose, I made a mistake. But I like it. Lynda...
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Writing the Rollercoaster of your pandemic emotions
. Let it all out! I hate Covid! You can scream into the Icelandicair app. Or how about this. Write about it. If you live in Burlington or have lived or work in Burlington, check out a new project I’m working on with renowned author and creative writing instructor...
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