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The Shape of the Story
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5 thoughts on “The Shape of the Story”
Sometimes I go back AFTER the plot is fleshed out and the story is told/written, and during the early iterations/readings I ask for more details, which I add in then – live in real time. Doesn’t this process more closely parallel the writer’s process, anyway? I mean we don’t necessarily need all the physical description details to wrap up the story, but once that story is sculpted it’s fun to refine the images…
So I may add the student-suggested cape or enormous plastic diamond ring later.
Yeah I really add in details in Phases 3/4. That’s fine bc it’s visual at that point. But not in Phases 1/2 when it’s still all auditory.
I’ve been thinking lately that if you have what I call a “story starter”, you don’t need anything else, let alone lots of details, bc the story starter by itself builds sufficient tension to grab the kids’ attention where it abides – in plot. And since the language is so new to them, in simple plot.
More: https://benslavic.com/blog/?s=story+starters
When you speak of Phase 3/4, do you mean the questioning levels 3 and 4?
No – the phases on the Star.