Tuesday, October 10th


Post your revised piece to Kidblog. Comment on at least three other people's blog posts. Please try to comment on a variety of people's work, and try to make sure that everyone gives feedback. Be specific in your feedback!  What did you like specifically? What questions did you have? What could you relate to and why? What surprised you?
How were you thinking, feeling, and reacting as you read?
Begin creating our characters for our scenes.  Feel free to refer to or idea generator in yesterday's post for ideas.  Decide on your setting.  Try to keep your scene in one location.  Decide:

 What is the conflict? What does the protagonist want?

 What is getting in the character's way of getting what he or she wants?  

 What are the stakes?  Why does it matter that the character gets what he or she wants? The stakes are what force the character not to give up and to keep moving forward. 

 How is the conflict resolved?

 Make sure to use the format I showed you last week for writing your scene.

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