TEMPLATE 

This is intended for experts who are getting - dare I? - stale, it is intended for those who find writing - anything - difficult and for busy people who want some fresh ideas for their blogpost, comment, local newsletter…It also works for schools, essays, writing for examinations and debating.

How do you start?

There is the computer staring at you waiting for your input.

So how do you start? How do you feed the hungry screen?

Most people use their favourite couple of arguments all the time. And they have their favourite ways of starting off too. And we don't realise we are doing it.

Change into something fresh for a change!

Here are some different approaches. Why not try a different one for once? Take your pick - then click!

• Be nice.
• Help the reader/audience with some timely advice.
• Explain succinctly what you are going to say.
• Start with a story.
• Explain exactly what the opposition are on about.
• Tell a joke.
• What do the audience want from you? Meet their need.

OK.
So you have got off to a cracking start, how do you fill in the middle bit? I think that about three paragraphs make up the normal essay for school. And three paragraphs make up a ten minute speech.
Before you click on the red link about the paragraphs you are about to write, think of a number under 25.
Now click and scroll down to that number and - bingo! - you have a fresh suggestion for how to write your first paragraph. (Need I say?: you have to do the same for paragraphs two and three...)

Now for the paragraphs…

If you would like a little help with the individual sentences, please click here.
Done that?

Here are some ideas for an unforgettable climax!

All free to you – a professional, a perplexed student, a fellow teacher, or a desperate relative. Go for it!