Recipe for a Successful Writing Prompt/Fiction (2012-01-04 05:51:59)

聪聪学校发的写作提纲：

You hae 30 minutes to work with - probably the most important thing about responding to a writing prompt is managing your time... Here is the breakdown I like to use...

5 minutes

- Reading the prompt

- Planning and "mental storytelling"

- Sketch a story plan

5 minutes

- Writing the beginning

 - crafting a strong lead

 - introducing my characters

 - hooking the reader into the problem of my story

10 minutes

- Writing the middle

 - This is where the characters begin to solve the problem

 - As you write, you need to think about whether the order of your story events is making sense

 - Be aware of your details - pick at least two places in this seciton where you want to give your reader a great mind picture.

 - By the end of this ten minutes, your charcaters should be starting to solve the problem

5 minutes

- Writing the end

 - DO NOT end in the middle of nowhere... that's why you want to make sure you have already solved the problem

 - You want to make sure you have no "loose ends" - don't leave your reader hanging

 - Leave time for a power sentence at the end

5 minutes

- "PCS-out"

 - Punctuation - Point to the end of every sentence to make sure you have a punctuation mark

 - Capitals - Point the beginning of every sentence to make sure you have a capital letter

 - Spelling - Whisper read your piece to yourself to see if you can catch any words you may have spelled incorrectly

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