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Fiction Writing for Middle Schoolers - Semester 2

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What to expect from this course
Adding depth to your characters
Revising your characters to make them believable
How to make your characters relatable
The Sidekick
Creating a realistic and relatable antagonist
Activity: Create a believable and relatable character, sidekick, and antagonist
Activity: Create a story premise using your character, sidekick, and antagonist
Write a story using your premise and characters
Mark optional lessons complete

How to create an interesting plot and structure for your story
Creating a story idea with a lot of potential interesting plot ideas
Steps to create your plot
Plot twists and the unexpected
Conflict and Resolution
Write an exciting story using your story idea and detailed plot twists

Make your story come alive with dialogue and interaction
Make your story sing with dialogue
Dialogue
How dialogue can move your story forward
Move the plot forward with dialogue
Convey information, but in a real way
Conflict and dialogue
Activity: Create a story idea with plot points that emphasize dialogue
Write a story with some dialogue
Revise your story to enhance the dialogue and make the story sharp

Why the Setting matters
Use the setting to make your world real to your readers
Creating vivid settings
Establishing a mood by creating the right setting details
Create a great setting without getting too complicated
Activity: Create a story idea with an impactful setting
Write a story with an interesting setting

Why to show, not just tell
Balancing showing and telling
Practical examples of showing and telling
Add sensory information
Use Metaphors and Similes to create depth
Activity: Create a story idea that has interesting imagery
Write a story that uses interesting imagery and showing instead of telling

Giving and Receiving Feedback
Submit a story for Feedback
Write Feedback for someone else's story
Revise your story based on feedback
Post your completed story

Ways to intensify your story and make it more engaging
Amping up the conflict
Raise the stakes for your protagonist
Raise the stakes for your antagonist
Add suspense and tension
Add more emotion to your characters
Activity: Create a story premise with high stakes and more conflict and emotion
Write a story using your intense premise

Write an Engaging Story
Mark optional lessons complete
Celebrate!

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