Plot
Plot is the map of the emotional life of your characters. It tells us where they are going and where we are going as readers.
Plot is what happens to the
characters in your story. You want us to be interested in the situations
you put them in. Characters can be the most important thing you write
about, but we have to care about what happens. There has to be a story;
even if it is a very simple one. The plot can sometimes just be someone
walking across a town or remember items in a room. There doesn't have
to be a lot going on in the story, but people will read it if they care
about the characters. Your job as a writer is to create a plot, a story
line, that makes us care about the people in it. The story does not have
to be about what happens, it should be about how people respond to what
happens. It is easier for us to care about your characters when something
happens that requires them to respond and change.
Small Groups
Turn in your third piece of fiction to your group area. As a group, look at the document "37 Plots" and discuss how it can be used in your writing. Try to create an outline of a story based on the different plots it suggests.Reading
This week we are reading one another's work and commenting on at least two pieces of fiction written by your classmates.Assignments:
Due: Third Story- Read the discussion on "Plot" and respond to it and to the postings of two other classmates.
- Turn in your revised Fiction Assignment #3 to the discussion area and comment on the postings of two others.
- Write two entries in your e-journal.