“The Raven” Storyboard Due Thursday, 5/21 – 1 point for the story title – 6 points for plot diagram labels: Exposition Conflict Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution – 6 points captions for each box – 6 points images for each box – 1 point for the color(s) used – 2 points for original story

“8 Tips on How to Write a Good Short Story” Click title to view video. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water. Every sentence must do one of two things–reveal character or advance the action. Start as close to the end as possible. Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them–in order that the reader may see what they are made of. Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia. Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To heck with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages.

“Paperman” A Walt Disney Animated Production What did the author do to make it a GOOOOD story? Click the flowers

Exposition Resolution Climax Woman gets on the train Boy meets girl at train station Paper gets kissed Boy sees girl in building across the street Boy throws paper planes Paper planes move the boy Boy runs from work to find the girl! Kiss paper plane finds girl and leads her to boy Boy and girl find each other again.

Read Grimm’s “Hansel and Gretel” Finish reading the story for homework. Be read to answer, “What made it GREAT?” Complete a plot diagram on the back. Turn this in tomorrow for a grade. What techniques did the author use to make this a great story?