Estimated Time: 60 minutes

One way to become a better writer is to read good writing. In this online book club you will read stories by authors that were inspired by real events in their lives.

Read:

This week read "The Battle of the Axe" and "The Visitors" by Claire Legrand in Been There, Done That: Writing Stories from Real Life.

Writing Project

The writing project for this month is to write a short story.

• You could use events from your actual life as a basis for your story, like S.E. Hinton.
• You could address a problem that you see facing young people today,
• Or write a story that helps teach a lesson that people need to learn.

Read the following article to help you start thinking of how you could structure your story.

For this week start a list of ideas that you could use for your story.