Literature & Writing

Writing Short Stories at School

A student writes a short story about an old sailor for the school magazine and gets advice from a friend.

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1Our class is writing short stories for the school magazine this term.

2First, the teacher asked us to choose one interesting character.

3My character is an old sailor who lives near the sea.

4He finds a strange bottle on the beach one morning.

5Inside the bottle there is a map of a small island.

6I wrote three pages about his journey to the island.

7My friend Anna read my story and gave me some advice.

8She said the ending was too quick and a little confusing.

9Tomorrow I will write a new ending with more details.

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