Planning

• Emotion want to give
  • Tone
  • Events
• Lesson
  • Series of short stories
  • Events
• Attachment to story
  • Character
    • What do they want?
    • What do they go through? (can be hard)
    • What do they care about (can be object)
      • Can be an analogy
    • React counterintuitively
    • Self-perception is critical
  • World event
    • What else is going on?
• Intrigue
  • Opposition
    • Can be of characters

Plot

• 1st sentence = know what is going on
  • Character say/do something that tell them about what the story is about
• Start with scene - then into backstory

Review

• Every sentence is important
  • reveal character
  • advance action
• Can I start later?
• Can I end earlier?
• Pace and scope ok?
• Can you change POV for more effect?

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