Write Your Own YA Crime Story
by Troy Hunter
Description
In this fun, interactive workshop, Troy will take the group through the key elements of YA crime books so they can write their own crime story. This includes sharing the difference between YA crime and adult crime stories.
The session has a worksheet (provided) that participants fill in as he goes through each element.
By the end of the session, each participant should have a basic outline of their own YA crime story that they can take away and work on in their own time.
No one needs to show or read out their work unless they want to.
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Topics Covered
What’s the difference between YA crime and adult crime?
How to write for a YA audience
Why YA crime is cool
A brief history of YA crime mystery books
The eight key elements all good YA crime stories have (worksheet activity):
- Detective (protagonist)
- Crime
- Victim
- Suspects
- Means
- Motive
- Opportunity
- Clues/red herrings
Details
Audience
Secondary Students
Duration
45-60 minutes
Requirements
Access to a data projector or big screen/monitor that I can connect my laptop to. Microphone only needed if the room/group is large File formats are Mac. I will have a Mac laptop with a HDMI cable. I will have my presentation also on a spare USB in case of issues (in both PowerPoint and PDF). Participants will need pens to fill out the worksheet. No embedded videos in my presentation. I do not need access to the internet.