"The Gentle Giant"

Below are the links to the various writing tasks you will be assigned:

• Plot Matrix template

• Story Map template 

• Newspaper Report

The Story Starter Shed

1. I didn’t mean to kill her. 

2. The air turned black all around me.

3. Icy fingers gripped my arm in the darkness.

4. Wandering through the graveyard it felt like something was watching me. 

5. The eyes in the painting follow him down the corridor. 

6. A shrill cry echoed in the mist

7. Icy wind slashed at his face and the rain danced its evil dance upon his head as he tried to get his bearings on the isolated beach. 

8. Footsteps slowly creaked on every step of the stairs. The bedroom door handle turned slowly. 

9. Death lurked in every door way with hell at one dark window. Inspired by A. Noyes 'The Highwayman'

10. My hair stood on end, a shiver raced down my spine and a lump came to my throat. It was him...

11.  Slowly, a foot moved, then the trunk, then a loud growl shook the cavern...

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