Lincoln Writing Buddies!
Turbo-Advanced
Creative Writing
Happy
Friday!
Organization
1.
Make sure your Describing People is
saved as your last name in our class folder called “Describing People.”
2.
Put your name on your Facebook
Profile and your Character Reel, and turn them in to the correct folders by the
monkey, please.
Big
Idea = SHORT STORY!
Review
1.
Style (pages 58-9)—upcoming = style
analysis MONDAY! J
2.
Point of View (pages 62-3)—which POV did
you choose, and why? Fill out blog form
before lunch.
3.
Dan Harmon’s Story Circles (page 64)—did
anyone use any part of this?
4.
Creating realistic characters: detail and description, humanity
Short
Story Element Lesson: Setting
1.
Turn to page 71. I have two excerpts to read to you.
2.
As I read, you circle details that SHOW
the reader the SETTING.
3.
We’ll compare notes and discuss after
each excerpt.
Exercise: Visualizing Short Story Setting Details (page
72)
1.
Select ONE setting from your story to
work with on page 72.
2.
I’ll give you another one of these
Visualizing sheets, if you find it helpful.
3.
Remember setting is not only WHERE,
but WHEN, so think about the following:
a.
Time of day
b.
Time period
Upcoming
Short Story Lessons
1.
Dialogue (Monday)
2.
Style (Monday)
3.
Diction (Tuesday)
4.
Metaphors and Similes (Tuesday)
Conference
w/Me in the Library
·
You don’t need to bring anything.
Quiet,
Independent Writing Workshop—Move if you think you’ll be chatty. Silence is supreme today.
1.
Total of four pages due MONDAY
2.
Incorporate your CHARACTER pages into
your story! Maybe you use every detail,
or maybe you just KNOW it, even though you don’t explicitly state it.
3.
Incorporate your Visualizing Setting
Details (page 72) into your story. Maybe
you use every detail, or maybe you just KNOW it, even though you don’t
explicitly state it.
4.
Cruise pinterest board for most
recent fiction posts—good stuff there!
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