🧠 LLoC Writing Tricks — Ray & Ethan: The Human Disaster Drills
✏️ a 6-part creative writing framework that helps students learn story-building skills step by step. Each “trick” teaches one essential element — from crafting vivid sentences to creating believable characters and hilarious dialogue.
✏️ 1. Building Better Sentences —
Escalation Through Structure
What it means:
The story uses the same sentence structure and setup (a “drill”) but escalates
the danger and absurdity each day.
From the story:
“MONDAY — ‘RAY SIGHTED IN THE HALLWAY’ DRILL”
“TUESDAY — ‘ETHAN HAS AN IDEA’ DRILL”
“FRIDAY — ‘THE APOCALYPSE’ DRILL”
Try it:
Repeat the same format for events, but make each one more extreme than the
last.
🧍♂️ 2. Character Magic —
Role-Based Chaos
What it means:
Each character plays a clear role that never changes, making their reactions
predictable and funny.
From the story:
Ray: “IT’S THINKING! IT’S LEARNING!”
Ethan: “Explosive pancakes!”
Amy: “It’s called arson.”
Lucy: “I’m transferring schools.”
Try it:
Give each character a fixed personality role and keep it consistent in every
scene.
🌋 3. Description &
Imagery — Visual Overload
What it means:
The story overloads the reader with physical details so the chaos feels loud,
messy, and impossible to ignore.
From the story:
“Smoke, confetti, and a flying paper airplane on fire.”
“Covered in glitter and chalk dust.”
Try it:
Describe what the environment looks like after disaster hits, not just before.
📚 4. Plot & Story
Flow — Calendar Countdown Plot
What it means:
The story moves forward by days of the week, giving a clear sense of progress
and increasing doom.
From the story:
“MONDAY” → “TUESDAY” → “WEDNESDAY” → “THURSDAY” → “FRIDAY”
Try it:
Structure a story using time markers (days, lessons, levels) instead of one
long plot.
💬 5. Dialogue & Humor
— Official Language vs. Reality
What it means:
Formal announcements and serious language clash with ridiculous events,
creating humor.
From the story:
“In case of Ray or Ethan, evacuate immediately.”
“CODE RAYTHAN! I REPEAT, CODE RAYTHAN!”
Try it:
Use serious or official wording to describe something completely absurd.
💡 6. Creativity &
Critical Thinking — World-Building Through Rules
What it means:
The school adapts to chaos by creating new systems, laws, and drills, making
the world feel alive and reactive.
From the story:
“Ray & Ethan Emergency Drills”
“NOW 97% FIREPROOF (BECAUSE OF THEM)”
Try it:
Show how the world changes because of your characters’ actions.
⭐ LLoC Challenge (Bonus):
Write a new Ray & Ethan Emergency Drill (zombie
outbreak, AI takeover, cafeteria riot, exam meltdown) using the same weekday
structure.
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