Creative writing for kids: write a spy story

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Creative writing for kids: write a spy story

Name: Creative writing for kids: write a spy story - Online Course
Rating: 4.5 (384 reviews)
Author: Luke Richardson

Learn creative writing at home / homeschool for children, kids and young adults

updated on icon Updated on Jun, 2025

language icon Language - English

person icon Luke Richardson

English [CC]

category icon Teaching and Academics ,Teacher Training,Early Childhood Education

Lectures -12

Resources -1

Duration -2 hours

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Course Description

In this compact and energetic course, English teacher and author Luke Richardson guides students through writing their own spy stories. Whether your child is learning as part of a homeschool curriculum or just for fun, this course will get them writing a thrilling spy story.

As part of the course, students will learn to:

- develop well-rounded characters

- think carefully about language choices

- create mystery in their writing

- understand tense and perspectives

- plan the “beats” of their story

- learn some new “spy vocabulary”

- edit their work

- enjoy writing and have fun!

Course workbook

Included in the course is a comprehensive workbook that contains all the story excerpts studied, structured activities to help learning, and pictures to stimulate ideas.

Homeschool or a weekend of creativity

This course has everything you need for a homeschool creative writing topic or an engaging weekend activity. With short, engaging lectures and enjoyable writing activities, students will develop their creativity, hone their writing skills, and may begin to pen a great spy thriller!

Full 30-day money-back guarantee

And unlike your child's upcoming spy thriller story, there's no risk here! If you don't like this course, you can get your money back with no questions asked.

Goals

To enjoy writing and have fun!
To write well-rounded characters
To be creative with word choices
To create mystery in writing
To understand tense and perspectives
To plan the "beats" of your story
To edit your work
And, ultimately, begin to write a great spy thriller!

Prerequisites

You must be able to read and write in English at a good standard to benefit from this course.

Creative writing for kids: write a spy story

Curriculum

Check out the detailed breakdown of what’s inside the course

Write a spy thriller!

11 Lectures

Introduction (workbook is attached to this lecture) 08:42 08:42
Designing our hero 12:53 12:53
Designing our villain 08:12 08:12
Villainous verbs 12:13 12:13
Tense and perspective 16:33 16:33
Making mystery 13:07 13:07
Spy story structure 08:34 08:34
Spy story setting 14:57 14:57
Editing 16:34 16:34
Thank you 02:04 02:04
Luke answers your questions about writing and his creative process 12:46 12:46

Instructor Details

Luke Richardson

Hey, I’m Luke, a teacher, writer and wannabe adventurer from Nottingham in England.

One thing I love is helping people (like you, maybe?) realize and relish in their creativity. We are all creative, sometimes that just gets lost beneath the pressure of life.

Even though I always knew I wanted to be a writer, it took me until my thirties to put pen to paper. The purpose of my courses are to help you, whoever you are, explore that creativity.

Having taught English in a secondary (high) school for the last few years, I know what makes an inspiring and engaging lesson. Recently, I have been fortunate to be able to reduce my hours at the school to complete a masters’ degree, write my novels and spend time with my friends and family.

I write thrillers about a missing persons’ detective. I love to visit exciting places and think of how my protagonist, Leo Keane, would get on there.

I hope to see you in one of my courses soon.