🧠 LLoC Writing Tricks — The Zombie Invasion Part 1
✏️ 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 — Tension by Short Beats
What it means:
Using short, punchy sentences in a row makes the scene feel urgent and scary,
like a heartbeat getting faster.
From the story:
“People were running.
Cars were honking.
Shops slammed their shutters down.”
Try it:
Write three very short sentences to show panic without saying the word “panic.”
🧍 2. Character Magic —
Personalities in Crisis
What it means:
Characters stay true to who they are even in danger—jokers joke, planners plan,
and worriers worry.
From the story:
Ray: “Lol what’s an infected individual—”
Ethan: “Probably Ray after he eats cafeteria sushi.”
Lucy: “This is… real. This is not a drill.”
Try it:
Put your characters in a scary moment and let each react in a way only THEY
would.
🌍 3. Description &
Imagery — Sensory Horror
What it means:
Good horror uses sounds and movement more than gore to create fear.
From the story:
“A low, wet, horrifying groan.
HHHHGHHHHHRRRRRHHH—”
Try it:
Describe a monster using only sound and movement—no appearance at all.
📖 4. Plot & Story
Flow — Clear Survival Goals
What it means:
Each chapter gives the group a simple mission: hide → reach school → survive
the night → reach rooftop.
From the story:
“Okay. New mission. Survive until rescue.”
Try it:
Give your characters ONE clear goal per chapter and show what blocks them.
💬 5. Dialogue & Humor
— Laughs Inside Fear
What it means:
Jokes between friends make the horror feel real and keep readers connected to
the characters.
From the story:
Lucy: “BECAUSE YOU TWO ARE A DISASTER MAGNET!”
Amy: “THEY’RE NOT COMING FOR YOU, YOU DON’T HAVE ANY!”
Try it:
Write one funny argument in the middle of a dangerous scene.
🎨 6. Creativity &
Critical Thinking — Realistic Rules
What it means:
Even wild stories need logic: locked gates, fast zombies, limited weapons, real
consequences.
From the story:
“Lucy kicked it in the face and screamed, ‘EWWW DON’T TOUCH ME, YOU DISEASED
PICKLE!’”
Try it:
Add one “unfair problem” that makes survival harder (locked door, broken tool,
loud noise).
⭐ LLoC Challenge (Bonus):
Write the next scene from the helicopter pilot’s point of
view seeing these four chaotic kids for the first time.
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