GR4_Writing

=**Writing Realistic Fiction**= =**Imagine Stories from Ordinary Moments - Lesson 1**=

=Brainstorming Seed Moments =



=Writing Realistic Fiction =

//Fiction (Not real-- Fake--- Made Up) //
__//Realistic Fiction Stories //__ 1. Take place in modern times 2. Have characters who behave like real people 3. Have settings that could be real 4. Have a problem and solution that could really happen

= “How to Find Ideas for Fiction” =
 * 1) Observe the world and reread entries. Mine your notebook for story ideas.
 * 2) What books do I wish existed in the world? Let this question lead you to invent a character with traits, struggles, actions.

=Pre-Writing: Use your notebook and describe the following.=

1. Whose "point of view" will you use?
__**Remember **__ * Orient reader with setting * Show don't tell * Feel and draft the story with heart * Write powerful leads and endings

=Developing a Believable Character =
 * Start with whatever you've decided matters to you about your character. Is he or she like you? Like someone you know?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Put together a character so that all parts fit together.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Reread and ask yourself, "Do these different things make sense within one person?"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Is your character believable? Is he or she too good to be true?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Create a T - Chart in your Writers Notebooks for your main character
//<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">MAIN CHARACTER'S NAME // <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Internal (Inside) vs. External (Outside)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Image from Scholastic.com

=<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Know Your Character's Motivations (longings) and struggles = Develop Characters by Thinking about Their: -collections -favorite clothes -treasures -worries -quirks -secrets -relatives -way of walking, talking, and gesturing -rituals for waking up, going to sleep -meals and mealtimes -phone calls

1. What does your character want? 2. What keeps your character from getting what he/she wants? 3. Create little scenes to show all of this. (A brick wall.)

=Story Arc=

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