Hello

I am Katrina, a member of the stretch group.
I am going to try break all of Elmore Leonard's 10 rules and see if my writing is still okay (at some points I have purposefully broken them in a humourous way.
The wind whistled through the trees, fingering its icy fingers across the straining trees. Swirling down, the flakes of snow danced and alighted on the waving branches. "Itsa snowinga!" the Italian boy expressed excitedly, as he danced in the flurries. The boy placed a hand on his well shaped, brown haired head, in a motion of disbelief .
This was the first snow in 20 years. But why?
On this prolouge, I have broken rule 1, 2, 3,4 5, 7, 8, 9, and maybe 10.

Thingymabob stroked his well shaped goatee and pondered the question that had been hammering his head for many years: Why is there no snow in Squidaton? 
The last snow was years ago! On that fateful day, the snow had hit the town. Suddenly, all hell broke loose! The villagers had celebrated for a day and a night. But then, although it still snowed, the celebration had stopped, for some mysterious reason.  Their home town was raddled with mysteries like this. And so forth began an adventure that would whirl the citizens of Squidgaton into a terrifying adventure that would change their lives forever...

On this second prologue  I have broken all of them, especially the prologue one (doing two prolouges). 
Katrina *******

My entry for Mr Parr's challenge.

Early in the afternoon it grew dark, darker than it should have been for two o' clock. The clouds looked heavy and the temperature fell. Lisa sat at her desk trying to figure out a tricky maths question but her eyes kept straying to the window. Lola, who was sitting at the next desk, leant over and whispered, "Look at that, I think it's going to snow!!!" Three whole years and no snow. It was becoming a joke! Suddenly there was a gentle tapping at the window. Lola jumped up and shouted excitedly, "I was right!!!" Lisa was a quiet girl but even she was leaping around.

At break time the children charged into the playground like stampeding elephants. White candy floss was falling out of the sky. It was really christmas this year!

LilyCooper

Challenge from Mr Parr on the 10 Rules

Suddenly, as the gale howling through the school reached its peak, Mr Parr cried exultantly in his best Bristol accent, "I've an ideal! I'm going to get the children to see how many of Elmore Leonard's rules they can break in one sentence! Or at least, in the shortest possible piece of writing! They'll 'ave to see where they've put their pens 'n' laptops to first though!!!

So, how many can YOU break and how quickly can you do it?

Pie

 I'm going to try not describing in detail. I normally do this a lot, so here goes!

"WHAT?" I glared up at my sister; who was still going.
"...592653589793-" she looked down at me with her evil sister eyes. "You don't know because you're not clever. I'm clever. So tough luck to you." she continued, and I left her to bleat. What's the point anyway? I can recite the alphabet, and that's way better than any stupid numbers. Mummy called from the kitchen. Supper was ready. Yummy; chicken and leek! I rushed downstairs immediately.
Mum set the tray onto the table. "Your sister Rachel and I are going to the cinema to watch a movie, life of something or other, so daddy will look after you while we're away." That's when it hit me, and everyone else too. "PI!"

Pippa

Lili and Hollie number 4

We think that using adverbs to describe said is good but some adverbs might guide you towards something too much meaning some are too strong and tell you what to imagine; this is bad. 

Letting your imagination run wild is a good skill to learn as it really helps you to write good stories and descriptions. 

By Lili and Hollie

I really don't know wether I disagree with rule number 1or not. So I will write a piece breaking the rule and not.



Not breaking the rule:
The silhouetted man strolled across the dusty planes, heading towards me. It was disturbing; I couldn't figure out if the man was walking towards me or not. A chill crawled down my spine. I shivered. I turned and around to leave and a huge figure loomed over me...

Breaking he rule:
The wind howled as it rushed past the window. Rain and hail barraged the house, creating
an ominous pattering sound. It scared me; a figure had creeped out of the bushes , glancing
left and right for anything that could of seen him.

Luke

Elmore Leonard Rules

We are Sarah and Jake. Our job today is to break the rules (particularly 7.) Here is our piece of writing that is based on an argument:

"Your dustbin lids are dis-ar-ster-us," I shouted, as the rain pattered onto my face!!!
"Your dustbin lid's Hampstead Heath are gr-o-ss," he argued aggressively.
"Bonjour. This wee word can never be used near such a st-you-pid person as you."
"Suddenly, it comes out now. Does it?" she snapped sarcastically!!!