I’ve been writing since I was six. It is a compulsion, so I can’t really say where the desire came from; I’ve always had it. My breakthrough with the first book came through persistence, because a lot of publishers turned it down.” — J.K. Rowling As for ‘Write what you know,’ I was regularly told this as a beginner. I think it’s a very good rule and have always obeyed it. I write about imaginary countries, alien societies on other planets, dragons, wizards, the Napa Valley in 22002. I know these things. I know them better than anybody else possibly could, so it’s my duty to testify about them.” — Ursula K. Le Guin If you’re looking for more focused handwriting resources, why not try this World Book Day handwriting task, or browse our collection of handwriting activities.

After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.” — Philip Pullman Use lined paper with different heights and colors of the lines for different tasks. You can also customize the lined paper template by making one on your own. Creating such a template isn’t difficult, especially if you have the appropriate software for it.Don’t keep skipping through all of the prompts above. Challenge yourself and give the ‘hard’ or ‘boring’ ones a go! You never know how they’ll inspire you unless you give them a go.

Just like the templates for kindergarten students, kids in elementary may use this type for writing practice. Of course, the paper would have a simpler design depending on its purpose. Some would also have writing guides, especially if the students are in the process of learning cursive handwriting. There are different templates which you may use as stationary. These would have lovely, picturesque graphics which soothe the eyes and make your work more attractive and presentable. Such templates are perfect for presentations and projects. Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.” — Henry David ThoreauThere are some books that refuse to be written. They stand their ground year after year and will not be persuaded. It isn’t because the book is not there and worth being written — it is only because the right form of the story does not present itself. There is only one right form for a story and, if you fail to find that form, the story will not tell itself.” — Mark Twain The difference between the almost right word and the right word is the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.” — Mark Twain

Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.” — Stephen King

There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” — Somerset Maugham My aim in constructing sentences is to make the sentence utterly easy to understand, writing what I call transparent prose. I’ve failed dreadfully if you have to read a sentence twice to figure out what I meant.” — Ken Follett If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go. I can't allow what we learned in English composition to disrupt the sound and rhythm of the narrative.” — Elmore Leonard Balloons popping, confetti dropping and food flying. That’s how Katie spent her birthday each year. There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at the typewriter and bleed.” — Ernest Hemingway