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Accompanying resources

Creative writing worksheet by author Sufiya Ahmed (PDF)
Character planning
Ideas to inspire you (word doc)
Ideas to inspire you (pdf)
Kingsley annotated text (word doc)
Kingsley annotated text (PDF)
Story arc planning
Techniques of characterisation (word doc)
Techniques of characterisation (pdf)
Water Babies extract (word doc)
Water babies extract (PDF)
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