Setting Gets Two Lines, Not a Page

Tonight caps setting at two lines. Then the problem starts. A weather report is not a story.

A page of setting hides the problem

A long setting delays the problem. Markers need a story, not a weather report.

Confirm live papers on the current SEAB PSLE formats page. Two lines is a practice cap. It is not an official SEAB rule.

The story-mountain page already plans then stops. Tonight only stops the setting.

Write two lines, then the problem

Write two sentences that name place and time. Then write the first problem sentence. Stop describing.

1. Write line one: place. The void deck was still wet from the rain.
2. Write line two: time. It was already past six.
3. Write the problem: Mei saw the locked gate and the missing key.
4. Stop. Do not add the smell of dinner or the colour of the sky.

A usable opening ends on the locked gate. A third setting line about orange clouds is a miss tonight.

Keep the cap or drop the setting page

Keep if the problem appears by line three. Drop a page-long setting if two stories still stall in weather.

Pretty adjectives are not the pass test. A named problem is.

This is not the story-mountain page

No. That page plans the whole story. Confirm live PSLE facts on SEAB. Primary School English may mark later stories. Confirm live terms.

iWorld Learning has no named composition course. Confirm live Primary English only. No class promises a composition grade from two lines.

FAQ

A third setting line is another night.

May I write a third setting line if it is beautiful?

Not tonight. The cap is two. The problem must appear.

Is this the same as drawing a story mountain?

No. That page plans the whole story. Tonight only caps setting.