"Looking for the sparrow, if you look you will find the ideas - you won't be able to find the flamingo!"
Stu discussed how teachers always try and 'hook' the reader in when teaching students how to write. When we go fishing you don't just need to hook! You need the bait.
Don't start with the weather - you need to bait the reader in! Bait my hook. Use A.R.M to bait your audience.
A - Action (character name and action)
R - Reaction
M - More action
What makes a good writer: What does your character want/ why do they want it? Where can they go? Your character needs to have a journey.
Examples shared:
Action:
Jan woke up, her bedroom door creaked open. A shadowy figure walked in.
Reaction:
Jane screamed at the top of her lungs. She jumped of the window in her bare feet as she started to run down the loose gravel road.
More Action:
She ran towards the dark woods at the edge of town. She saw headlights coming towards her.
Who/what will stop them 0- what obstacles will stop them? The character will get what they want.
Boys need to promise that they will not kill their main character. Something needs to hurt your main character - its their way of getting what they want.
Start at the end of these story if you are struggling with endings . Stu suggested getting books from the library showing students endings/ beginning etc for motivation.
Character:
- What do they dream about?
- Who are their family - how do they fit in the family
- Maths - friends / best friends
- fears - what are they frightened of?
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