Authors' experiences provide paths to stories.

Your turn. 

Review the page Ideas Experience.  Think about a critical incident, something small that happened quickly.  It can be serious or silly.

1. Read the example below. 
2. Then create your own section with horizontal lines above and below.
   1. Code Name
   2. Title
   3. Date
   4. Brainstorm
3. Brainstorm some phrases and ideas first. 
4. Then weave the words into a strong, short story with vivid verbs, nifty nouns, dialogue, action, and emotion.
5. Read others' stories and leave a positive comment about the trait of writing they used which made their writing stronger.

I can hardly wait to read your wondrous words!

Shee

8/26/08

Guitar Blues

Brainstorm:

J plays guitar on couch

K colors and draws pics of Olymics

They get thirsty, so J gets up to get pop and leaves guitar on couch

S comes in from outside, running and jumping to sit on the couch, cracking the guitar

Guitar Blues

Jay sat on the edge of the couch and strummed Dad's guitar while watching Kathy draw pictures about the Olympics. Thirsty, he placed the guitar carefully on the cushion and walked into the kitchen. As he opened the fridge door, he heard the front door open, and Sally bounded in from heat outside.

As she asked, "Is there any Coke left?" she eyed Kathy's drawings and plopped herself down on the couch without looking.

Crack!   Prrrrriiiiiiiiiingggggggg!

She lept up crying, "OH NO!", and Jay raced back in sputtering, "OH NO!"

The guitar lay in pieces; it's neck fallen onto the floor and it's body boasting a much larger sound hole.  Oops.

Your turn.

Code Name

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