This weekend Vicky and I got together to start our story. Mostly we just brainstormed, writing our ideas into a notebook. We deciding on the plot, characters (names, appearance, roles) and story settings. We also wrote down ideas and details for chapters and plot progression. It's got a little mystery, romance, horror and action. It is also our intention to throw in humor when appropriate to lighten the somewhat dark mood of the book.
The setting of the book is completely fictional and does not pertain to real events, people or places whatsoever. However, there is an air that it takes place in medieval times which is what was intended, but again, ITS COMPLETELY FICTIONAL. So nothing should be taken as true to that era.
Essentially, the book is about a young man who loses his memory after a terrible, brutal incident unknown to the reader, and regains his memory as the book progresses. I'm apologize for my bluntness but I am reluctant to disclose further details on the story for confidentiality purposes.
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- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publishing
- http://gradprojects2010.blogspot.com
- http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/
- http://www.bookpros.com/bp2006/divpub/how_to_publish_my_book.php
- http://www.caderbooks.com/pubfaq.html
- http://www.easybib.com
- http://www.ettc.net/writing/PDFfiles/Writing%20Process%20Steps.pdf
- http://www.jimloy.com/language/misused.htm
- http://www.kisd.org/khs/english/help%20page/Descriptive%20Words.htm
- http://www.lulu.com
- http://www.msgarrettonline.com/descripwords.html
- https://www.booklogix.com/Home.html
Key Terms
- Antagonist: character whose values and behavior conflict with the protagonist or hero.
- Character: a person portrayed in the story.
- Cliffhanger: ending of a book left teasingly unresolved, what happens next is unclear.
- Climax: the most important or exciting moment in something such as a story or event.
- Dialogue: words spoken by the characters
- Final Copy: the finished product; typed and neat.
- First Draft: the rough draft or sloppy copy is where the writer takes the ideas prepared in the Pre-Writing stage and puts their story together without concern to grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc.
- Foreshadowing: something indicating or suggesting that something unpleasant is going to happen.
- Irony: humor based on contradiction.
- Narrative: art or process of telling a story.
- Plot: story line or sequence of events that takes the reader from the beginning to the end.
- Pre-Writing: process also known as brainstorming. This is when the writer jots down ideas and descriptions for the setting, characters, plot and ending. Use of pictures, maps, and charts may be used to demonstrate the setting and how the story will unfold.
- Proofreading: the writer carefully reads the story and checks for grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors.
- Protagonist/Main Character: is the most important character, which the story revolves around.
- Revising: the writer reads over his or her work and makes adjustments to improve the story’s flow, dialogue, narrative and credibility (does it make sense). They may also ask a close confident to read their story over as well for constructive criticism.
- Setting: the period of time and place in which events of a story take place.
- Suspense: chain of events keeping the reader on the edge of their seat; enjoyable tension.
- Writing Process: consists of five main steps: pre-writing, writing a first draft, revising, proofreading and establishing your final copy.
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