Ok, this one probably won't ring any bells with anyone who didn't take part in the English education system around 1989-1992, but if like me you were in an English middle school around that time you might recall an English textbook we had to work from back then which I'm trying to trace. I've not had any luck. It was probably key stage 3 or the equivalent of it back then. A google search brings up LOTS of different book covers but nothing that matches what I'm looking for.
I've no idea what it was called but it gave various exercises on creative writing, one in particular was right up our alley in that you had to write a fantasy piece. It gave you various characters, a wizard, a ranger type, a dwarf and a halfling and various setups as to what each story with them had to be about. You were otherwise free to do what you liked in each tale.
Two of those setups that I can recall were as follows:
First you had to have them cross a river in a small rowboat that could only take the weight of two people at a time, I think at this point you had enough gear and loot that they weighed the same as an average person. There may have been other dangers to the situation but you first had to figure out how they were going to manage crossing over.
Second, there was an enchanted Forrest they had to go through which prevented the wizard using magic at all. It may have been home to an evil wizard.
I've no idea what it was called but it gave various exercises on creative writing, one in particular was right up our alley in that you had to write a fantasy piece. It gave you various characters, a wizard, a ranger type, a dwarf and a halfling and various setups as to what each story with them had to be about. You were otherwise free to do what you liked in each tale.
Two of those setups that I can recall were as follows:
First you had to have them cross a river in a small rowboat that could only take the weight of two people at a time, I think at this point you had enough gear and loot that they weighed the same as an average person. There may have been other dangers to the situation but you first had to figure out how they were going to manage crossing over.
Second, there was an enchanted Forrest they had to go through which prevented the wizard using magic at all. It may have been home to an evil wizard.
