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=== Announcements === | === Announcements === | ||
===== | ===== Permanently Tacked Up: ===== | ||
• If you want a Creative Writing folder of your own to post your stories in, just email me (Carolyn) or Morgan Raines and we'll get yours set up. =D I hope to see a lot of new stories this school year! | • If you want a Creative Writing folder of your own to post your stories in, just email me (Carolyn) or Morgan Raines and we'll get yours set up. =D I hope to see a lot of new stories this school year! | ||
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• Tell the newbies about our Creative Writing community! I know a lot of them are writers, and can't wait to get out there and share their stories with us! | • Tell the newbies about our Creative Writing community! I know a lot of them are writers, and can't wait to get out there and share their stories with us! | ||
===== | ===== New Creative Writing Folders/Storylines! ===== | ||
• Out with the old, in with the new. Check out the new CrWr conferences, and if you want to you can re-live the old stories too. =D Our newest members are Anna, Karsten, and Spencer! Go check their folders out. ^_^ | • Out with the old, in with the new. Check out the new CrWr conferences, and if you want to you can re-live the old stories too. =D Our newest members are Anna, Karsten, and Spencer! Go check their folders out. ^_^ | ||
===== | ===== Other Announcements/Reminders: ===== | ||
• A Picture's Worth 1000 Words is OFFICIALLY RELEASED. Go check it out in the Creative Writing area! | • A Picture's Worth 1000 Words is OFFICIALLY RELEASED. Go check it out in the Creative Writing area! | ||
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This time, it was the princess' turn to rescue her dragon. | This time, it was the princess' turn to rescue her dragon. | ||
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=== | === Introducing Your Protagonist === | ||
What’s wrong with this picture? | What’s wrong with this picture? | ||
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Don’t give your readers everything at once, and don’t give them features, give them emotions. | Don’t give your readers everything at once, and don’t give them features, give them emotions. | ||
===== | ===== 1. Ease Into It, And Always Start With What’s Important ===== | ||
When I was in college and first started talking about my writing with my friends, one friend—who I’ve known since pre-school—asked me to do two things for her. | When I was in college and first started talking about my writing with my friends, one friend—who I’ve known since pre-school—asked me to do two things for her. | ||
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But your whole vision of the character doesn’t matter. What you see when you think of your character isn’t what your readers are going to see, and that’s okay. Your readers are here for the story, not the description of the number of freckles he or she has on her cheeks, or the exact shape of their eyes. | But your whole vision of the character doesn’t matter. What you see when you think of your character isn’t what your readers are going to see, and that’s okay. Your readers are here for the story, not the description of the number of freckles he or she has on her cheeks, or the exact shape of their eyes. | ||
===== | ===== 2. Instead of Showing What They Look Like, Make Us Want To Root For Your Character ===== | ||
It doesn’t matter whether you want your readers to see your protagonist succeed or see them fail, you want them for or against your character, period. You want that more than you want your readers to know what they look like. | It doesn’t matter whether you want your readers to see your protagonist succeed or see them fail, you want them for or against your character, period. You want that more than you want your readers to know what they look like. | ||
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Taken from: <nowiki>https://thefakeredhead.com/2017/01/14/2-tips-on-introducing-your-protagonist/</nowiki> | Taken from: <nowiki>https://thefakeredhead.com/2017/01/14/2-tips-on-introducing-your-protagonist/</nowiki> | ||
----Or rather, this month's poem. Brianna Harpel, our writer over there at Caught in the Glow, is a lovely poet who never fails to amaze me with her poetry. Check out her poetry in The Creative Writers of NSA > Brianna > Poems! | |||
==== Failure's Blessing ==== | |||
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by Brianna Harpel | by Brianna Harpel | ||