Describe NOT tell !!!!
A short story must immediately pull the reader out of their world and drop them into the world of the story. There’s little time for setup. We begin when everything but the action is over—at the edge of the cliff.
A short story must immediately pull the reader out of their world and drop them into the world of the story. There’s little time for setup. We begin when everything but the action is over—at the edge of the cliff.
Task: Word bank as many potential 'plot-storyline' ideas for where you think the Francis story can go.
Task: Revise over our class plot ideas. Pick some ideas which suit your ideas for the story and place these ideas on the planning sheet. Remember the rising action represents the knocks at the boat and the protagonist is Francis and the antagonist is what ever you believe the 'thing or object to be'