Make Up Writing Workshop Notebook Intermediate Comp Q3 2016

Writing Groups: Writing Influence Write your responses to these questions in your Writing Workshop notebook. 1. What piece of writing did you choose to share with your group? How does it reflect you as a writer? 2. What is your favorite kind of writing? Do you prefer writing poetry or prose (such as short stories or novels)? What genre do you prefer to write (ex. fantasy, mystery, historical fiction, etc)? 3. How does your approach to writing compare to that of the other members of your group? What do you think you might be able to gain from them?

Writing Groups: Character Interviews When writing a story, it’s important to be familiar with your characters. By completing character interviews, you will be able to get to know your characters as thoroughly as possible, and therefore write them more convincingly. With your writing group, design a list of at least 5 character interview questions you would like to ask the main characters in your story (such as “What is your biggest fear?” or “If you could have one superpower, what would it be and why?”). Write these questions and answers in your Writing Workshop Notebook. Answer the questions from the perspective of at least one of your major characters. If you finish early, answer the questions about yourself!

Writing Workshop: Characterization DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION: A straightforward description of a character’s personality. INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION: When a character’s personality is revealed through his/her thoughts, words, or actions.

Writing Workshop: Characterization John Green’s After reading the excerpt from the beginning of John Green’s The Fault in our Stars, answer the following questions about characterization (in your Writing Workshop notebook): 1.What direct characterization does Green offer about the main character, Hazel? What direct characterization does he offer about other characters? 2.What does Green indirectly reveal about Hazel’s personality through her thoughts, words, and actions, and how does he accomplish this? 3.Do you think that Green succeeds in revealing his characters naturally, without it seeming “forced”? Why or why not?

Writing Workshop: Types and Archetypes 1.Which of these ideas do you find the most applicable to your fiction story project, and why? 2.When do you think a trope or archetype becomes a cliché? How can we avoid this? 3.What do you think it means for a character (or person) to be “many things to many different people”? Do you think this applies to you? Could it apply to any of your characters?

“The American Teenager in 2015” Write a piece (you choose the format) that reacts to the information presented in this article… –Choose a quote and use it as a jumping off point for your response –Share a personal experience that the interview reminds you of –Create a “Forged Poem” that uses lines and phrases from the article and arranges them to make a poem. –Create an argument that agrees or disagrees with the article based on your own experience.

Flashwriting: GOAL 1 For Flashwriting, you may draw inspiration from the exhibit OR just use the time to write about whatever you want. However, you must meet the goal for the piece. Flashwriting will go in your Writing Workshop notebook. GOAL 4: Your piece must include properly formatted dialogue.

Formatting Dialogue Correctly George put down his cards very deliberately. “Lennie,” he said sharply. Lennie twisted his neck and looked over his shoulder. “Huh? What you want, George?” “I tol’ you you couldn’t bring that pup in here.” “What pup, George? I ain’t got no pup.” ~From Of Mice and Men Each new line is indented. The new line of dialogue (with a new speaker) goes in a new “paragraph.” Comma/punctuation goes inside quotation marks. You don’t have to use speech tags repeatedly for an extended conversation.

Flashwriting: Goal 1, Dialogue

POINT OF VIEW First Person: The story is told from the perspective of a single character who is part of the story. (I, Me, My) Second Person: The narrator tells the story to another character using “you, your,” etc. Third Person: The story is told by an external narrator who is not part of the story (he, she, it, they) –Third Person Omniscient: The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters in the story. –Third Person Limited: The narrator knows only the thoughts and feelings of a single character.

Flashwriting Goal 2 For Flashwriting, you may draw inspiration from the exhibit OR just use the time to write about whatever you want. However, you must meet the goal for the piece. Flashwriting will go in your Writing Workshop notebook. GOAL 1: Your piece must be in 1 st person POV (The story is told by a narrator who is part of the story.)

Flashwriting Goal 3 For Flashwriting, you may draw inspiration from the exhibit OR just use the time to write about whatever you want. However, you must meet the goal for the piece. Flashwriting will go in your Writing Workshop notebook. GOAL 3: Your piece must be in 2 nd Person point of view. (The narrator tells the story to another character using “you, your,” etc.)

Flashwriting Goal 4 For Flashwriting, you may draw inspiration from the exhibit OR just use the time to write about whatever you want. However, you must meet the goal for the piece. Flashwriting will go in your Writing Workshop notebook. GOAL 4: Your piece must be in 3 rd Person Limited point of view. (The narrator knows only the thoughts and feelings of a single character.)

Flashwriting, Goal 4: 3 rd Person Limited

Flashwriting Goal 5 For Flashwriting, you may draw inspiration from the exhibit OR just use the time to write about whatever you want. However, you must meet the goal for the piece. Flashwriting will go in your Writing Workshop notebook. GOAL 5: Your piece must be in 3 rd Person Omniscient point of view. (The narrator knows only the thoughts and feelings of all characters.)

Writing Workshop: “Tropes are Tools” Tropes (similar to Archetypes): Common patterns found in literature Answer the following questions after reading the “Tropes are Tools” excerpt from the TV Tropes website. Some answers will come from the text, and others will be based on your own ideas. 1.What do you think is the difference between a “cliché” and a “trope/archetype”? 2.What are some potential negative aspects of using tropes in writing? 3.Why do you think it’s often impossible to avoid using tropes? 4.How can you, as an author, use tropes to your advantage?

Flashwriting Goal 6 For Flashwriting, you may draw inspiration from the exhibit OR just use the time to write about whatever you want. However, you must meet the goal for the piece. Flashwriting will go in your Writing Workshop notebook. Goal 6: Your piece must consciously incorporate at least one trope or one archetype from the “Tropes and Archetypes Survey.” Try to use them in a way that is NOT cliché.