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Top tips for your creative writing and persuading with power

Jean and Carl share top tips for creative and persuasive writing, from crafting opening lines to planning story structure and using sentence variety for impact.

Jean and Carl guide you through creative and persuasive writing techniques - focusing on how to engage readers, structure ideas under time pressure and craft writing that stands out.
This GCSE English Language podcast explores language choice, sensory detail, rhetorical questions and vocabulary to build a vivid atmosphere and strong arguments.

This episode was made in collaboration with the National Theatre and features actor actor Nina Cassells shares the opening lines she finds most impactful. For more information on the National Theater, go to:
https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/learn-explore/

Jean and Carl also explain how to plan creative writing using a simple story arc and they also cover persuasive text structure, including introductions, main argument paragraphs and memorable conclusions.

Suitable for: AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas and OCR

Presenters: Jean Menzies and Carl Anka
Featured actor: Nina Cassells
Producer and Sound Design: Marc Rigg
Executive Producer: Becky Green
This series is an Audio Always production

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10 minutes