Red Rope Writing

This week we watched a video called Dangle and we wrote wonderings, vocab and possible topics. Instead of brainstorming, we had a challenge to use a simile or metaphor in our writing.

Date: 31/05/2016	Motivation: Dangle - Short Film
What do I want my writing to do? Make readers curious about where the red rope comes from.
My current writing goal: Recraft and add detail.
Genre: Newspaper report
Challenge: Use a simile or metaphor in my writing
MYSTERIOUS ROPE COMES FROM SPACE Emma Kimpton, mystery news reporter. A mysterious, bright red rope was found hanging one metre over the top of a snowy hill like a rope ladder from a helicopter in Queenstown. The rope was discovered by a confused civilian, Mr. Person, yesterday afternoon. Mr. Person was taking a walk in some icy woods nearby his house when he noticed the rope, so he climbed the hill to get a closer look. Mr. Person tried pulling it, swinging it, but nothing happened. He couldn’t see the other end, so he informed the police, who immediately sent up some helicopters to investigate and find the other end of the rope. The helicopters just kept on going up and before they knew it, they were in space. All five engines failed but of course since they wasn’t any gravity, they did not fall, but they were stuck in space until someone saved them. In the heat of the moment, they forgot they would not die immediately and decided their best chance of survival was to put on their parachutes and jump for it. Sadly, before anyone could make it back to Earth, they suffocated and died. “We don’t know what to expect,” said one of the helicopter drivers who later suffocated. So as far as we know, the Red Rope comes from another universe on an alien planet, but it’s certain the police won’t be sending anyone back up any time soon.
Did you achieve my writing goal? How do you know? I think I acheived my writing goal because I  did go into detail while explaining how Mr. Person found the rope and what happened when the helicopters got into space.