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Writing humorous stories - author advice from Jacqueline Wilson
Author Jacqueline Wilson sits with three children and answers their questions about writing stories. The first is how to make them funny. Jacqueline explains that to include humour, think of funny moments within the story and use different words to make scenarios seem more amusing. She is asked how to start off a story and the author describes how she usually writes in the first person as if she is talking to the reader. Finally the group discuss including sad scenarios in books. Jacqueline tells how she often includes dilemmas or sadness but tries to think of the funny side of things, so the story isn't too negative.
