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Writing from experiences

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Two teenage students sit for interview
Writing from experiences

SUBJECTS:  English

YEARS:  7–8, 9–10


Where do you find inspiration for your writing?

Watch this clip and learn where student writers Noa and Francis found the ideas for their stories.

Why can writing from your own experiences make for powerful stories?

Is there an event or experience from your life that you could use for the basis of your next story?


Acknowledgements

With thanks to Melbourne Writers Festival and Centre for Youth Literature.


Production Date: 29 Aug 2016


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