- Draft #1 due: Friday 1/9 (M) or Monday 1/12 (W)
- A problem you see happening in the future
- What the world would look like should this problem come true...exaggerate the results
- Possible places we would see this:
- How we interact with each other?
- What school, society, community looks like?
- Daily life?
- If you do not complete your story, it's okay to consider writing the first chapter or so of a longer piece.
- Play with figurative language:
- simile
- metaphor
- alliteration
- hyperbole
- personification (or anthropomorphism!)
- onomatopoeia * (not one we have discussed)
- allusion * (not one we have discussed)
1. PICK ONE or MORE TO FOCUS ON:
Plot Graphic Organizers:
- https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiglMpBTbnnUhyphenhyphen1bgN5tvgeL7GkqK9bT6l9oxYrxKAIqX7pe1jPVk3nFBZBoT4Q2Gf9nLorf0bSMP8fp5mn8mJdgOfsGBF0kh6fZiBAdEccS875oie8yLgOxBiT7nvwXH-3hLNHCRXoh4k/s1600/Narrative%20Plot%20Line.JPG
- http://img.docstoccdn.com/thumb/orig/116104294.png
- http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=narrarive%20plot%20graphic%20organizer&qs=n&form=QBIR&pq=narrarive%20plot%20graphic%20organizer&sc=1-32&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&id=664B1C66BC7203096FAD282174DEF9204B4DF455&selectedIndex=79
Literary Devices in Pop Culture (a nice review of what each are):
Smart Stories by the "Write Brothers"--they are British:
- When you are stuck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERvJ_SxzPuc
- How to open a story: Part I: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0qGk5SXm1Y
- How to open a story: Part II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEgkdi49epY
- How to develop characters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4priCix9KFQ
- Writing Flash-forwards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsPmmMHZIzE
2. Once you've been inspired, unstuck, reviewed, or learned something new...keep writing!
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