Saturday 1 February 2014

Week 5 & 6 Task - Plot Your Story Thread

The best plots have many simple stories all linking together. We call these story threads. I would like you to create one story thread for our monster book please.

You don’t have to plot the whole story or involve every character. Just pick a small number of characters from the character booklet, then plot one problem that they have, and how it gets resolved.

I've created some booklets to help you plot your story thread.
Advanced Storyboard Booklet (Six Chapters)
Quick Storyboard Booklet (Three Chapters)

How to Fill in Your Storyboard Booklet
1. Read the introduction that I've already written using our work so far.
2. Write a summary for every remaining chapter.
3. Go back and fill in the details and sketches.

You must summarise each chapter before filling in the details because not every problem has a solution. If you write about a problem and then find that there's no way to solve it, you'll have to scrap your problem and start again. Therefore, it's best not to write a problem's details until you're sure you know how it going to be fixed.

Please stick to the characters and settings that we've already chosen. The resources below will remind you who's who and what our setting is like.

Resources to help
Full list of all our characters.
Quick list with just seven characters.
Setting notes and map.
How to create conflict.
How to make sure I can read your work.

Coming Soon
How to create dramatic conflict.

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