Revision Project

Please brainstorm plots, premises, and characters that would likely fall into your genre or style.

A. Characters: make a list of characters in your journal
B. Create premises for short story ideas. A premise is a 1-sentence description of the basic idea of your story.
C. Plot: create plot events for your story ideas. Include lists of plot events appropriate to your chosen genre.

If you complete the assignments before the end of today's class, please use the lab to write on your blog.

Fiction Videos for Groups: (please watch and learn!--feel free to take notes in your journal and/or write what you think/learn on your blog!)

A. Fantasy/Sci-fi: Creating Worlds & Tips for Writing Fantasy 

B. Writing Detective Fiction & How to Write a Mystery 

C. Tips for Writing Romance & Writing Lovable Romance Heroes 

D. Literary fiction versus commercial fiction & How to Write Fiction Stories 

E. Writing Historical Fiction tips & Memoir Writing

F. Don't Mistake Words for Writing & Bad Writers Have Nothing to Say (Tips for Screenwriters)

REVISION PROJECT

Grammar help:

How to format a narrative story in prose.
How to punctuate dialogue correctly.
Common misspelled words.
Its/It's and Their, There, They're
Too, to, two

If you need grammar help, take a look at these videos:

• The Punctuation Song
• Punctuation
• Grammar Time: The Comma
• The Tale of Mr. Morton: Subject & Predicate