Hi there! Thanks so much for inviting on your blog. What a great idea to have a blog for young writers. When I was growing up we didn't have blogs – we didn't even have computers! Can you imagine that? Yep, that was the olden days, where I rode around in a horse and cart (no, not really – we had cars by then) and everything I wrote was by hand. Sometimes I still prefer to write my stories by hand. I always carry a notebook with me because you never know when a good idea is going to come to you. My notebooks are full of ideas: things I remember from my childhood, drawings, snippets of conversations I may have heard, even cuttings from newspapers and magazines that interest me. Sometimes I might even begin a story in my notebook, then when I feel it begin to take shape, I'll begin to type it out on my computer. A notebook is a great place to practice your writing. Because, like everything, if you want to be good at something, what do you have to do? Yep, that's right – practice! Imagine if you were a runner and you turned up on race day to run your 100 metre sprint without having done any practice. You wouldn't do your best run, would you? Well, writing is just the same. The more you practice in your notebook, the more likely it is that when you do finally sit down at the computer, the ideas will flow. The more you write, the better you get at writing. Good luck! And have fun.

Best wishes,

Sally Rippin

www.sallyrippin.com

Wednesday, 28 March 2012

Hippos

Splash! All the huge, ugly hippos scattered into the murky water in the lake. The mother lions were bounding to catch the aggressive hippos. The lions turned around to face the hippos again but it was too late. The lions turned when the strong hippos slipped into the warm water to join the playful, baby hippos. When the lions had left, the hippos popped up again and left the lake to eat their supper.

By Enaya B


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  1. Kids Writing 4 Kids28 March 2012 at 21:40

    Wow, how fantastic to see your work published. Your work is amazing, you should be very proud.

    Ms. McKay

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