1. Why did we have activities on storytelling and structure of stories?
The activities we had last week will help you frame or organize your writing. There is free writing and there is process writing. We will be doing both writing activities in the weeks to come. Examples of free writing are keeping a diary, writing journal entries and writing prompts. Some free writing activities also integrate art. We will do all of the free writing strategies.
Process writing follows a series of steps. There are four steps namely Pre-writing, writing the first draft, revising and publishing or making our own book. We will also do process writing since we are going to make a book!
Storytelling and knowing the structure of stories help writers writer better. As a writer myself, I am constantly telling stories, looking out for stories and understanding how stories are told and presented.
Writing is a lot of DISCIPLINE. It is fun, but it also demands time, focus and patience.
2. Are your answers in the assignment fine?
Your answers in the assignment are all correct!
3. What kind of books are we going to make?
We are going to write fiction, so we will write story books.
4. Do all.stories always have an epilogue?
Not all stories have an epilogue.
5. When do we stop and start chapters?
Writers make outlines. A short story outline is different from a chapter book outline and an outline for a novel. So chapters depend on the story outline that a writer comes up with. The story structure of beginning middle end can bean outline for a short story.
Chapter books and novels require a complex outline similar to a mountain range. So, depending on the kind of story and book you are writing, its beginning and ending follows with it.
6. Does there have to be a theme?
Yes. All forms of literature has a theme.
7. Can there be a moral (to every story)?
Morals of stories depend on the readers. I mean, a writer should not write to preach a moral.
8. Are the books we make always a story? and 9. What kinds of books are there?
There are 2 kinds - fiction and non-fiction. But there are many genres, fantasy, science fiction, romance.. And each has a way or approach in writing that genre.
10. Is there a number of pages needed?
The number of pages depend on the kind of story you want to write. Most story books have 16-32 pages including the illustrations. We can begin with a minimum of 8-10 pages
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