gcse language paper one creative writing

Pre-planning typically just refers to writing a story that you intend to write in the actual exam, and learning the structure of it. Of course learning it word for word would be extremely difficult. However, by learning the structure you can ensure that your piece is structurally sound and then work on flowering up the vocabulary and language devices.

Personally, I can't recommend pre-planning a story because it is simply too risky. You could argue that you can make any story fit any prompt you get given in the exam, yet if the link to the picture is very tenuous then the chances are the examiner will know it's a pre-planned story and this could potentially impact your overall mark. However, having a general plan/structure that fits any story you are going to write is a very beneficial idea. For example, you are going to start with a setting description, then move on to the character.. etc.