Monday 26 September 2011
Hello from London!!!!
Hey Guys!!!!!
So if you don't know, I am currently in London staying at my aunties house. London is soooooo cool! We are in love with Marks and Spencer food court and Primark (a clothes store that sells shoes for one pound), and we have been to Camden Town (home of Amy Winehouse), Oxford Street and Kings Cross Station!!!! Just some tips if you go to London, then if your on a tube, always hold on to a rail or sit down if you can, oh and don't walk into someone smoking because it really sucks.....heaps of people smoke here......... You see cigarettes everywhere on the ground........ Anyway, we have also been to Leicester to visit family and to meet an auntie who we have never met before.
This week, we are planning to hopefully go to Madam Tussaud's, Hamelys (toy shop)and on a bus tour in London , because it is our last week in here before we go to Croatia next week!!! Yaaaay!
Anyway,I am writing this late at night at 8:00 ay night on Monday 26th of September, and you will probably be at school right now, so hahahahahahahahahahahahaha to you guys....JK! Have a good time for the rest of the week, and hopefully I can actually write a masterpiece about London or something...........
Have fun and say Hi to Richard and Carly and anyone else for me!
Alisha xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
PS: Just Btw that I have tripped over at least ten times on this trip on the footpath.......
So if you don't know, I am currently in London staying at my aunties house. London is soooooo cool! We are in love with Marks and Spencer food court and Primark (a clothes store that sells shoes for one pound), and we have been to Camden Town (home of Amy Winehouse), Oxford Street and Kings Cross Station!!!! Just some tips if you go to London, then if your on a tube, always hold on to a rail or sit down if you can, oh and don't walk into someone smoking because it really sucks.....heaps of people smoke here......... You see cigarettes everywhere on the ground........ Anyway, we have also been to Leicester to visit family and to meet an auntie who we have never met before.
This week, we are planning to hopefully go to Madam Tussaud's, Hamelys (toy shop)and on a bus tour in London , because it is our last week in here before we go to Croatia next week!!! Yaaaay!
Anyway,I am writing this late at night at 8:00 ay night on Monday 26th of September, and you will probably be at school right now, so hahahahahahahahahahahahaha to you guys....JK! Have a good time for the rest of the week, and hopefully I can actually write a masterpiece about London or something...........
Have fun and say Hi to Richard and Carly and anyone else for me!
Alisha xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
PS: Just Btw that I have tripped over at least ten times on this trip on the footpath.......
Wednesday 14 September 2011
Stories
Heey!
So I was also shuffling around in my writing books to look for stories, and I did find a whole book dedicated to a really big mystery story I was writing called DA COUZINZ! Its about a gang of Cousins that try to solve a mystery, but get tangled up with lots of other mysteries as well, which all happen to be part of the same mystery......about a gang of criminals that try to steal money, murder a guy and all this other bad stuff, and there are lots of connections an all, but I don't know why I am explaining all this to you because that isn't even the story....
I decided to make a series of DA COUZINZ stories, and I wrote one about frauded paintings at an art gallery, and the cousins are there to save the day from the gang of evil people, and that is the story inside the book dedicated to DA COUZINZ stories, and that is about, say 30 pages long,
Also the book is dedicated to planning the big DA COUZINZ story that i just explained to you for no reason at all (but I guess it has a reason now)...
I know, its confusing.........but hey, I might type a bit of it up to show you!
So I was also shuffling around in my writing books to look for stories, and I did find a whole book dedicated to a really big mystery story I was writing called DA COUZINZ! Its about a gang of Cousins that try to solve a mystery, but get tangled up with lots of other mysteries as well, which all happen to be part of the same mystery......about a gang of criminals that try to steal money, murder a guy and all this other bad stuff, and there are lots of connections an all, but I don't know why I am explaining all this to you because that isn't even the story....
I decided to make a series of DA COUZINZ stories, and I wrote one about frauded paintings at an art gallery, and the cousins are there to save the day from the gang of evil people, and that is the story inside the book dedicated to DA COUZINZ stories, and that is about, say 30 pages long,
Also the book is dedicated to planning the big DA COUZINZ story that i just explained to you for no reason at all (but I guess it has a reason now)...
I know, its confusing.........but hey, I might type a bit of it up to show you!
Tuesday 13 September 2011
Hey Everyone!
So, after writing sample, most people are probably sick of writing, and have no idea on what to do for writing because their brains are fried and have writers block, but not me! I have a really good idea for a story! This is it!
Alisha's story
Makes about four books
Ingredients
1tsp of fantasy
1 tbsp of adventure
1 tsp of mystery
1/2 tsp of murder
about fifty characters
2 kgs of paper
3 litres of ink
Method:
Mix the fantasy, adventure, mystery, murder and the fifty characters in a big pot. Boil and then add the paper and ink then take off the heat and mix.
Did you like the recipe idea? Anyway, my story is going to be massive and is going to be four books long (if I get round to it). TEEHEE!
Monday 12 September 2011
The reasons why I wrote fourteen pages for my Writing Sample......
Here are the reasons why I wrote 14 pages for my writing sample:
The reason why I wrote 14 pages for my writing sample, is because writing a two page story would be very boring, as it would be uninteresting, and very short, and it would make the reader a bit let down if they read a two page story and it just ended there. It would have a very short plot, also a beginning, middle and an end, as it would be all squashed into two pages (technically one, because you would use the page of the back of the piece of paper you are using to write your two page story). Also because I didn't choose to do a recount for my writing, so that means I had to make up a story from scratch. And it was very troubling trying to think of an interesting plot, to include very precise detail, but have to squash it all into two pages. My story needed to be long, because I needed to explain what happened to the characters when they went on their journey, and what was the problem and the solution to their problem. A story on a exotic trip to Mars squashed into two pages! That would be boring!
Those are the reasons why I wrote a fourteen page story.
Oh, and because I used double lines for spelling and grammar checking.
The reason why I wrote 14 pages for my writing sample, is because writing a two page story would be very boring, as it would be uninteresting, and very short, and it would make the reader a bit let down if they read a two page story and it just ended there. It would have a very short plot, also a beginning, middle and an end, as it would be all squashed into two pages (technically one, because you would use the page of the back of the piece of paper you are using to write your two page story). Also because I didn't choose to do a recount for my writing, so that means I had to make up a story from scratch. And it was very troubling trying to think of an interesting plot, to include very precise detail, but have to squash it all into two pages. My story needed to be long, because I needed to explain what happened to the characters when they went on their journey, and what was the problem and the solution to their problem. A story on a exotic trip to Mars squashed into two pages! That would be boring!
Those are the reasons why I wrote a fourteen page story.
Oh, and because I used double lines for spelling and grammar checking.
Wednesday 7 September 2011
FINISHED! HURRAH!
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have finished my writing sample!!! Hallelujah! But now I need to edit......the whole story......from start to finish.......yay..........
I'm a bit of a rat bag (as our teacher Richard calls us), because the limit for out sample is two pages, but I have kind of breached the limit and done 14 pages..........what???? It's 2x7 pages......heh...heh........
Here is a bit of the start (which is different to the one I previously wrote)
Her finger traced along the bumpy,rough bark of the Miro tree. She fingered circles, spirals and other squiggles. The texture was inimitable, not like any other tree she had seen. Its leaves were long, soft, tickly. It was damp, showered by the evening deluge, and it left her finger feeling wet and strangely cold. She placed it to check. Tiny, razor sharp, icy cold lightning bolds pierced her checks like needles.
New Zealand. The land of the long white cloud. The home to the Kiwi, the Kiwifruit and Jandals. And to native bush, Pohutakawas, Rimus, Kauris and Miros. Also to Abel Tasman National Park. And that was where Yannah was right now.
Yannah turned away from the Miro and confronted the environment she was in. It was a thin, long strip of land, which twisted and turned and bent round a corner. A muddy track snaked through the middle, parting numerous native trees and bushes. The trees moderately shaded the bushland from the gleaming sunlight, which shone primarily everyday. Fascinating New Zealand birds chirped joyful above them, flying tree to tree.
Yannah inhaled the fresh, cool air which floated around her. Water and fresh bush. Clean cool air.
I don't want to write the whole story, but that is some of it.....hope you liked it!
I have finished my writing sample!!! Hallelujah! But now I need to edit......the whole story......from start to finish.......yay..........
I'm a bit of a rat bag (as our teacher Richard calls us), because the limit for out sample is two pages, but I have kind of breached the limit and done 14 pages..........what???? It's 2x7 pages......heh...heh........
Here is a bit of the start (which is different to the one I previously wrote)
Her finger traced along the bumpy,rough bark of the Miro tree. She fingered circles, spirals and other squiggles. The texture was inimitable, not like any other tree she had seen. Its leaves were long, soft, tickly. It was damp, showered by the evening deluge, and it left her finger feeling wet and strangely cold. She placed it to check. Tiny, razor sharp, icy cold lightning bolds pierced her checks like needles.
New Zealand. The land of the long white cloud. The home to the Kiwi, the Kiwifruit and Jandals. And to native bush, Pohutakawas, Rimus, Kauris and Miros. Also to Abel Tasman National Park. And that was where Yannah was right now.
Yannah turned away from the Miro and confronted the environment she was in. It was a thin, long strip of land, which twisted and turned and bent round a corner. A muddy track snaked through the middle, parting numerous native trees and bushes. The trees moderately shaded the bushland from the gleaming sunlight, which shone primarily everyday. Fascinating New Zealand birds chirped joyful above them, flying tree to tree.
Yannah inhaled the fresh, cool air which floated around her. Water and fresh bush. Clean cool air.
I don't want to write the whole story, but that is some of it.....hope you liked it!
Moving Story, Tragic ending.....
On Stuff, the news website, there is an article about a girl who wrote a story for a short story competition, and won. But tragically, she died from Leukaemia the day after she was told.To read the article and her winning short story, click on Stuff to see more....(btw, the story is a bit sad, but its really descriptive!)
Tuesday 6 September 2011
My intense writing sample
Heeey! So, y'know how I told you that i was thinking about adding a little something to my writing sample that I wasn't going to reveal yet? Well, tralalalalaaa! I have decided that my character is going to get dehydrated and have a sun stroke while walking the Abel Tasman! Yeah...... here is what happens when she passes out...
Time passed as the day became longer and hotter. The muddy, footprint covered track became dusty,dry and sandy. Gorse bushes replaced the exotic, native trees and bushes. It became less shady. The sun was hot on their faces.
They continued to walk. Sipping from their drink bottles while they walked, they passed a vast number of gorse bushes and dry trees. The Abel Tasman was becoming less attractive. No more bush. No more cooling shade.
Yannah fumbled for her drink bottle in her pack. Her mouth was getting parched. Her lips were getting chapped. She grasped the silver aluminium bottle and put the nozzle to her lips. A tiny drop escaped from the bottle and into her mouth. Then it was empty.
Yannah swallowed the sandy, dry lump that was growing at the back of her throat. It scratched the back of her throat. The sun shone on them like a spotlight. No escaping.
"Gee, its hot!" Lily exclaimed, gulping down water from her bottle like a frog.
Suddenly, Yannah stopped. She closed her eyes, as the sun slapped her in the face once more. Searing pain was growing in her head. It started to penetrate her brain. It moved to her body. Her arms.her legs. her stomach.The feet.Her whole body. Her mouth was sandpape. Her lips were wrinkly and bleeding from when she licked them too much. The pain was unbearable. She was being possessed by the sun. She felt weak. She felt faint. Suddenly she fell. Her head hit the rock hard track. She passed out...........
INTENSE! :)
Time passed as the day became longer and hotter. The muddy, footprint covered track became dusty,dry and sandy. Gorse bushes replaced the exotic, native trees and bushes. It became less shady. The sun was hot on their faces.
They continued to walk. Sipping from their drink bottles while they walked, they passed a vast number of gorse bushes and dry trees. The Abel Tasman was becoming less attractive. No more bush. No more cooling shade.
Yannah fumbled for her drink bottle in her pack. Her mouth was getting parched. Her lips were getting chapped. She grasped the silver aluminium bottle and put the nozzle to her lips. A tiny drop escaped from the bottle and into her mouth. Then it was empty.
Yannah swallowed the sandy, dry lump that was growing at the back of her throat. It scratched the back of her throat. The sun shone on them like a spotlight. No escaping.
"Gee, its hot!" Lily exclaimed, gulping down water from her bottle like a frog.
Suddenly, Yannah stopped. She closed her eyes, as the sun slapped her in the face once more. Searing pain was growing in her head. It started to penetrate her brain. It moved to her body. Her arms.her legs. her stomach.The feet.Her whole body. Her mouth was sandpape. Her lips were wrinkly and bleeding from when she licked them too much. The pain was unbearable. She was being possessed by the sun. She felt weak. She felt faint. Suddenly she fell. Her head hit the rock hard track. She passed out...........
INTENSE! :)
Monday 5 September 2011
Writing Sample...Progress!
Well, so I have officially started my writing sample. I have done two and a half pages! I have changed it a little bit. It is now about four foreign friends that travel to Abel Tasman National Park, and I have described the environment and what it is like there. I have decided that they explore the bush (obviously), and the beach and crabs and the sunshine (I have been there, so I know what to write about)......and I am thinking of adding something that I'm not going to reveal yet...but here is just a snippet of my story so far:
Her finger traced along the bumpy, rough and damp bark of the Rimu Tree. She fingered spirals, circles and other spirally lines, as she connected with its unique texture. Its damp feel left her finger feeling wet, and strangely cold....... to be continued soon.
You will see more in a few days time... :)
Her finger traced along the bumpy, rough and damp bark of the Rimu Tree. She fingered spirals, circles and other spirally lines, as she connected with its unique texture. Its damp feel left her finger feeling wet, and strangely cold....... to be continued soon.
You will see more in a few days time... :)
Sunday 4 September 2011
Writing Sample
Heey! So we have a writing sample coming up, and I've chosen to do a narrative about foreign people tramping in Abel Tasman.......and I have one sentence! Well, its not even a sentence! GAH!
About Me......
Why Hello everyone! My name is Alisha and this is my DAZZLING, SUPERB, and not to mention AWESOME blog!!!!!! I am twelve years old and I go to Berhampore School Now, I am about to tell you my writing history! So come closer children, and listen to my story.............
Well, when I was in Room 2, I had about, say, eight writing books that I filled in with Stories and Plays and all sorts of riffraff! When I started Room 1, I started to get more, well, addicted to writing, and by the end I go so addicted that I wrote a 200 page detective story which was a joint story with my friends Nancy and Gabrielle! But now, since I'm heading off to high school and I've been busy with lots of other stuff, Im not so addicted......which is kinda sad..... THE END
Yeah............. thats my history of writing! I hope you enjoy my blog! xoxoxoxo
Well, when I was in Room 2, I had about, say, eight writing books that I filled in with Stories and Plays and all sorts of riffraff! When I started Room 1, I started to get more, well, addicted to writing, and by the end I go so addicted that I wrote a 200 page detective story which was a joint story with my friends Nancy and Gabrielle! But now, since I'm heading off to high school and I've been busy with lots of other stuff, Im not so addicted......which is kinda sad..... THE END
Yeah............. thats my history of writing! I hope you enjoy my blog! xoxoxoxo
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