SURVIVAL JOURNAL FICTIONAL NARRATIVE

How it works… For your next 10 Quickwrites you will actually be writing one 750 word narrative. For your next 10 Quickwrites you will actually be writing one 750 word narrative. It will be a FICTIONAL JOURNAL that you write in everyday from the point of view of yourself, or a character you make up. It will be a FICTIONAL JOURNAL that you write in everyday from the point of view of yourself, or a character you make up. If you do not finish in class you must finish at home! If you do not finish in class you must finish at home!

RULES You are telling a story, so you can’t kill your main character until the last day! You are telling a story, so you can’t kill your main character until the last day! You are writing from the point of view of one character EVERYDAY. You are writing from the point of view of one character EVERYDAY. Everything you write must be cool for school! Everything you write must be cool for school! When you turn in your 10 Quickwrites, they should all make sense together, like a STORY!! When you turn in your 10 Quickwrites, they should all make sense together, like a STORY!! You should be writing more than 15 sentences per day! You should be writing more than 15 sentences per day!

Journal Entry #5 Exposition: Character and Setting Write your first journal entry! Write your first journal entry! Introduce yourself. Who are you? Describe yourself. Introduce yourself. Who are you? Describe yourself. **Remember you can actually write as yourself, OR as a fictional character. **Remember you can actually write as yourself, OR as a fictional character. Think about physical attributes as well as personality and characteristics. Think about physical attributes as well as personality and characteristics.

Journal Entry #6 Exposition: Character and Setting Describe your surroundings. Where are you? You are going on vacation. Where are you going? Why? With whom? If you are traveling with your family, what are they like? Describe your surroundings. Where are you? You are going on vacation. Where are you going? Why? With whom? If you are traveling with your family, what are they like? Describe how you are traveling. Are you in a plane? Train? Car? Walking? Boat? Spaceship? Moonbeam? Jet pack? Describe how you are traveling. Are you in a plane? Train? Car? Walking? Boat? Spaceship? Moonbeam? Jet pack?

Journal Entry #7 Day #1 (still) Conflict While you are traveling there is a PROBLEM!! Something happens and you are now lost ALL BY YOURSELF. While you are traveling there is a PROBLEM!! Something happens and you are now lost ALL BY YOURSELF. Describe what happens. Why? How did it occur? Describe what happens. Why? How did it occur?

Journal Entry #8 Rising Action (Complications) Now that you are lost, everything you do until the climax, just makes you more lost! Now that you are lost, everything you do until the climax, just makes you more lost! In today’s journal entry continue to describe your surroundings and your difficulty finding any other people. In today’s journal entry continue to describe your surroundings and your difficulty finding any other people. At the end of your entry, please show your character struggling to find a suitable place to SLEEP. At the end of your entry, please show your character struggling to find a suitable place to SLEEP.

Journal Entry #9 Rising Action (Complications) Today is a NEW DAY!! When your main character wakes up they realize that they are VERY HUNGRY. What will they eat? Today is a NEW DAY!! When your main character wakes up they realize that they are VERY HUNGRY. What will they eat? How will they get their food? Will it give them side effects? What kind? How will they get their food? Will it give them side effects? What kind? Are they still hungry? Are they still hungry?

Journal Entry #9 Rising Action (Complications) Today is a new day. This is your third day lost. You are starting to panic. Today is a new day. This is your third day lost. You are starting to panic. You are lonely and scared, so you look for other people. You are lonely and scared, so you look for other people. By the end of the entry you think you have found someone, but you are WRONG. By the end of the entry you think you have found someone, but you are WRONG.

Journal Entry #10 Final Rising Action (Build Suspense) Your story is nearing the climax. There is one last exciting/ scary/ suspenseful thing that must happen to your main character. Your story is nearing the climax. There is one last exciting/ scary/ suspenseful thing that must happen to your main character. They are still so lonely and so you are still looking for other humans. They are still so lonely and so you are still looking for other humans. As you look you encounter an ANIMAL! Describe what happens. Do you eat it? Does it lead you to shelter? Is it a companion? As you look you encounter an ANIMAL! Describe what happens. Do you eat it? Does it lead you to shelter? Is it a companion?

Journal Entry #11 CLIMAX!!! The climax of a story is often the most exciting part. It is when the conflict of the story is solved or NOT SOLVED. The climax of a story is often the most exciting part. It is when the conflict of the story is solved or NOT SOLVED. Since our conflict is that we are LOST, today you are either going to find a way back, or NOT. Since our conflict is that we are LOST, today you are either going to find a way back, or NOT.

Journal Entry #12 Falling Action & Resolution You’ve reached the end! You’ve reached the end! What happens? Are you reunited with your family? Are they all okay? Are you destined to live alone forever? Are you unable to survive on your own? What happens? Are you reunited with your family? Are they all okay? Are you destined to live alone forever? Are you unable to survive on your own? Explain your situation and how you are feeling. Excitement? Relief? Fear? Sadness? Happiness? Explain your situation and how you are feeling. Excitement? Relief? Fear? Sadness? Happiness? Wrap up your story. Make sure you have a conclusion – a way the reader knows your story is ending. Wrap up your story. Make sure you have a conclusion – a way the reader knows your story is ending.