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Week One
The Spark: What Are You Writing?
Oct 1 - Oct 9
This week is about turning "I have an idea" into something resembling a story.
The Spark: What Are You Writing?
Oct 1 - Oct 9
This week is about turning "I have an idea" into something resembling a story.
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Prompt 1:
The Elevator Pitch: Describe your story in 50 words or fewer. Then try again in one sentence.
Prompt 1:
The Elevator Pitch: Describe your story in 50 words or fewer. Then try again in one sentence.
50 Words or Fewer
It has been almost 300 years since humans left the surface of the Earth. The population of Earth now lives in the under-cities, growing and thriving deep underground. Something is growing in the background, though, as not everything is the truth.
One Sentence
The surface world has seemed to be barren for hundreds of years, yet something lingers under the surface that will change everything.
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Prompt 2:
Three Things I Know: Provide three things you absolutely know about your story and three things you haven't figured out yet.
Prompt 2:
Three Things I Know: Provide three things you absolutely know about your story and three things you haven't figured out yet.
The Known
1. The main and supporting characters
2. The history of what happened that leads up to the beginning of the story
3. The inciting incident
The Unknown
1. The conclusion
2. The underlying message
3. The main conflict
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Prompt 3:
The Promise: Complete the following phrase: "I want this story to make the reader feel ______." Then explain why.
Prompt 3:
The Promise: Complete the following phrase: "I want this story to make the reader feel ______." Then explain why.
I want this story to make the reader feel conflicted. Throughout the story, there will hopefully be moments that the reader has to think about what has been going on and realize that not everything is black and white. Moments will make them really think about who is right, who is wrong, or maybe that neither of those things have to be completely true.
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The Challenge:
Steal This Prompt: Pick one of these 10 elements and incorporate it somehow into your concept.
The Challenge:
Steal This Prompt: Pick one of these 10 elements and incorporate it somehow into your concept.
- A locked door (Already in story)
- An unwanted inheritance
- A lie told at dinner
- Something buried beneath a tree
- An embarrassing lie
- A secret (Already in story)
- Something very very pink
Introducing Louie, the hairless rat. Best friend and pet of one of the supporting characters
- A monster
- A sport game
- A story within a story
First Gen: Logan Baird
Second Gen: Avalon Briard
Staff: Nancy McLoughlin