Q. But what if the character is really good and falls flat, even with a good emotion and a good reason for that emotion?
A. I am quite happy to provide the students with boring instruction by providing worksheets for them. I know what you mean – classes can get like that. I am very quick to return the snark in the form of worksheets. When the kids have gotten the message – only the characters that have been crafted with care and are thus genuinely interesting with varied color schemes and thought-out back stories can be considered for use in our class stories – then we can try doing stories again. It doesn’t usually take long.