How do you identify the problem in a story?

Let’s Review

Let’s Review Now that I know where the characters are, I will continue to track the setting as I read.

They called and called—days and nights, it seemed to me They called and called—days and nights, it seemed to me. So long that the hunger and thirst nearly drove me mad. I was getting very weak. Once it seemed to me that the calling was right there in the attic! And so it was: it was Sadie's voice, and she was crying. I heard her say: "Come back to us—oh, come back to us, and forgive—it is all so sad without our—"

They called and called—days and nights, it seemed to me They called and called—days and nights, it seemed to me. So long that the hunger and thirst nearly drove me mad. I was getting very weak. Once it seemed to me that the calling was right there in the attic! And so it was: it was Sadie's voice, and she was crying. I heard her say: "Come back to us—oh, come back to us, and forgive—it is all so sad without our—"

They called and called—days and nights, it seemed to me They called and called—days and nights, it seemed to me. So long that the hunger and thirst nearly drove me mad. I was getting very weak. Once it seemed to me that the calling was right there in the attic! And so it was: it was Sadie's voice, and she was crying. I heard her say: "Come back to us—oh, come back to us, and forgive—it is all so sad without our—"

Now that I know where the characters are, I will continue to track the setting as I read.

Read a section of your book. Pause when something seems unclear. Go back and reread. Add to your mind movie.