Questions

I’m very well read as far as fiction goes, but I’d like to get some facts mixed in there.
I’ll read about ANYTHING except sports…okay, even sports.

So my question is…any suggestions?
- brynleigh|bloodfest

I am of non-English background, but I have a good command of English. I have been teaching my child at home to make up for the lack of high standards in her local school. She is doing great. The only area she is not performing above her school mates is some aspects of English. This is partly because she wasn’t speaking English much until she was 2-3 years old.

I have prepared her well. She now has a good vocabulary for her age and fine reading skills. I helped her to horn her story telling skill and develop a big sense of humour. Her grammar is quite good for her age. I’d like to get her serious into writing and be ready for a competition in the next few weeks. She is doing fine at normal writing at (or near) the level of best English performers in her own class. What I need is tips to start her on creative writing. How to add a bit of creativity into her writing in a natural way.

I am not sure how to start.
I think she is quite advanced in some aspects. I have taught her planning skill using mind-map technique (layout of thoughts and interconnection) often used by executives in meeting. Her mind is quite abstract mathematically, logically and a bit philosophically. So kiddy areas would bore her. She has advanced knowledge (for her age). But the issue is to get creativity into her writing naturally rather than artificially (forcefully).
- dmaivn