INTRODUCTION
KEY ELEMENTS
PART A – SETTING
CHAPTER 1 HOOKS TO BUILD SUSPENSE
CHAPTER 2 PORTALS
CHAPTER 3 TUNNELS
PART B – FANTASY CHARACTERS
CHAPTER 4 HEIGHT & SHAPE
CHAPTER 5 HEAD & FACE
CHAPTER 6 EYES
CHAPTER 7 MOUTH, TEETH & EARS
CHAPTER 8 HAIR & FACIAL HAIR
CHAPTER 9 HANDS & FINGERS
CHAPTER 10 VOICE
CHAPTER 11 CLOTHES & WEAPONS
PART C – MAGIC
CHAPTER 12 MAGICAL INSTRUMENTS & INGREDIENTS
CHAPTER 13 MAGICAL INTERACTION & REACTION
PART D – SIEGES & BATTLES
CHAPTER 14 ATTACKING A CASTLE, FORTRESS, OR WALLED CITY
CHAPTER 15 DEFENDING A CASTLE, FORTRESS OR WALLED CITY
CHAPTER 16 DAMAGE & DESTRUCTION
CHAPTER 17 BATTLE
CHAPTER 18 REACTION TO SIEGES & FIGHTING
CHAPTER 19 REACTION TO INJURIES, WOUNDS & PAIN
APPENDIX
PLANNING A FANTASY STORY
Plot Planning Sheet
Hero Planning Sheet
Villain Planning Sheet
Creature Planning Sheet
Fantasy Character Planning Sheet
Object Planning Sheet
S(C)IR - The Setting
S(C)IR - Magic
S(C)IR - Siege
S(C)IR - Battles
Biography
Alison Wilcox has extensive teaching experience in schools in England and Scotland. Colleagues describe her methods as ‘innovative and inspirational to even the most reluctant of writers'.
"The book incorporates the essential skills and creative devices that are used in other genres while extending to themes of battle, sieges, magic and mystery to unleash children’s imaginations. The outstanding feature of the books to me is the superb way in which they introduce a phenomenally wide vocabulary; a fundamental part of descriptive writing, but an area where inspiration can be sadly lacking - but not when these books are to hand! Fantasy is a hugely popular genre with young readers and the ideas in this book will really inspire them. A book not to be missed." - Sarah Brew, Parents in Touch
