Notes 9-7-11 HINT STUDYGUIDE

Notes 9-7-11 HINT STUDYGUIDE                                               

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Creative Writing Video

People character…how to create 3D

·      Plots grow from a good character (disputable) (arguable)

·      Come from:

1.    Imagination

2.    Observed people you’ve seen

3.    Very close to you

(Touch of your self)

·      Who is your main character (#1) who is the hero at the end of the day

1.    Try to give him different traits-TALENT

2.    Ambition (maybe tied in to talent)

3.    Deep dark secret- trying to keep from the world

4.    BFF-parent, bro, sis, friend from school

5.    WORST ENEMY- who do they hate, trying to avoided

6.    What do they have in there pockets- pick, notebook + pen, carry with them

7.    What have they lost EX: wallet, cellphone, family, house etc.

8.    NAME- long and hard about name EX: Dracula sounds scary. Harry Potter: normal name. What are to going to call your character?

·      Actions are character.

·      FINAL EXAMS: 6 ways author does character?

*Make us have an opinion about a character instead of directly saying: hate love trust the character. We draw conclusion by how the author develops the story plot and the character.

·      Looks

·      Talent

·      Ambition

·      Secret

·      Bff

·      Worst enemy

·      What do they carry with them

·      Lost

·      Name

·      Act? Tell about the character.