Creative Writing Thursday, September 29, 2011. TODAY’S TARGETS Identify methods of developing plot in a story Define the various forms of narrative voice.

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Creative Writing Thursday, September 29, 2011

TODAY’S TARGETS Identify methods of developing plot in a story Define the various forms of narrative voice Evaluate the impact of different forms of narrative voice on your own writing

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TODAY’S TASKS 1.Journal write 2.2 truths and a lie 3.Writing portfolios 4.Have Spilling Ink homework checked 5.Developing plot ideas 6.Identify and determine your narrative voice 7.Quiz tomorrow 8.HOMEWORK: Study for quiz tomorrow Finish Narrative Voice assignment (if time permits to start this in class)

Journal Write Watch and write: What is the story here? Watch and write

Writing Portfolios A place to store your work in the classroom A place to collect ideas that you can draw from later (or not depending on what inspires you at any given time)

To Outline or Not? Spilling Ink Reading (pages 46-52) Read on your own and take notes on the following in your journal. 1.If you are going to write your story without an outline, what things do you need to consider when writing? What ideas should drive your plot? (46-52) 2.What should you do or think about if you find that your story is going in a different direction from what you had planned? (53-54) 3.Review Question: Stories need conflict. How can you develop conflict in a story, and how should this conflict relate to the goal/motivation/conflict chart? How does this conflict drive the plot?

Developing Plot To outline or not to outline? Ideas for outlining – Four parts Alternatives to outlining

To outline or not Spilling Ink Reading (pages 46-52) Read on your own and take notes on the following in your journal. 1.If you are going to write your story without an outline, what things do you need to consider when writing? What ideas should drive your plot? (46-52) 2.What should you do or think about if you find that your story is going in a different direction from what you had planned? (53-54) 3.Review Question: Stories need conflict. How can you develop conflict in a story, and how should this conflict relate to the goal/motivation/conflict chart? How does this conflict drive the plot?

Ideas for Outlining Plot Write a timeline for your story Brainstorm events then put them in order later Establish events on a plot diagram (You know, the thing that looks like a mountain.) Use ideas from “Blake’s Beat Sheet” (Thanks to author Pat White for this one. And on the topic of Pat White, she is interested in leading another creative writing group this year. Give me your name and if interested, and I will pass the info along to her.)

Narrative Voice (Spilling Ink pages 69-76) First person (I) – main key: The voice needs to be true to your character narrating and will be more personal. – Mick Hart Was Here, Flipped, Stargirl Second Person (You) Third person limited (He/She/It) – The Hunger Games Third Person Omniscient (He/She/It) Reliable or unreliable? – Unreliable: Think “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe – Reliable: Most other stories

Quiz Overview Define the different forms of narrative voice Identify the key component in fiction Identify the key things you need to consider about your character Be prepared to tell your thoughts on how you think that you will plot your writing.

Narrative Voice Assignment 1.Select a scene that you wrote previously. It can be one of your journal writes. 2.Rewrite it from a different narrative voice. 3.Explain how this impacted the story or scene. Purpose: Practice in narrative voice to see how a shift can impact the way the story/scene is told.