Here you can find a list of different kinds of writing tips and resources

For Class 4 and above

Videos

5 Story Elements Explained With Examples

Story Elements: A Complete Guide for Students and Teachers

Plot Mountain!

The Plot Diagram Song

Webinar on Creative Writing 

(CBSE Budding Authors Programme 2022)

How to Create a Story Map for Kids (Planning)

Planning Your Story

Writing a Narrative: Part 1 Structure & Elements

Punctuating Dialogue

(Grammar for Kids)

Sizzling Starts: 6 Ways to Start your Story!

Top 5 Tips For Writing 

Amazing Stories

Creative Writing Tips with Michael Rosen

R.L. Stine

Title Leading Story

What are Ali Sparkes' top tips for writing

Creative writing tips for kids with Lisa Siberry

Harriet Muncaster shares her top five storywriting tips

For Class 6 and above

Videos

Plot Structure: The Building Blocks to Every Story

Writing a Good Short Story

Step-by-Step

Building Tension in 

Narrative Writing

Malorie Blackman on how to write a standout story

Writing Tips 

from Rick Riordan

Advice from Authors for Young Writers (STORY IDEAS)

Resources from the BBC

Websites, Audio, Notes and more

Audio Interviews

A group of leading authors are interviewed about their work by school children

Audiobooks: Classic Stories

A collection of timeless fiction from the literary greats


Celebrating the short story

Listen to 25 classic examples of short stories

For Class 9 and above

Videos

Writing an Opening that Hooks the Reader

How to write descriptively 

(by Nalo Hopkinson)

How many verb tenses are there in English? (by Anna Ananichuk)

12 Ways to Write Better Sentences (for creative writers)

5 Ways to Write Better Paragraphs (for creative writers)

Six Important Questions to Answer when Writing a Story

4 Plotting Pitfalls and

How to Avoid Them

How to Show, Not Tell:

The Complete Writing Guide

Show Don't Tell:

What You Need to Know

Margaret Atwood's 

Top 5 Writing Tips

Margaret Atwood Teaches Creative Writing

Writing Advice from

Neil Gaiman

N. K. Jemisin Teaches Fantasy and Science Fiction Writing

Salman Rushdie 

Teaches Storytelling and Writing 

Salman Rushdie: The One Thing You Can't Teach about Writing

Most common literary devices

used in creative writing

Similes

Metaphors in Writing

What is Personification?

What is Hyperbole?

What is Imagery?

What is Symbolism?

What is an Allegory?

What is a Flashback?

What is Foreshadowing in Literature?

Resources from the BBC

Websites, Audio, Notes and more

From Other Sources

Open Access Image Galleries

(Public Domain Images)