Thursday, September 08, 2005
MW Novel Challenge
Ok, so it seems my plot summary was more of a blurb. It should read something closer to this:
"Family finds their newly-purchased farm (trigger event ) has dead bodies and makes their daughter sick (conflict). They determine that xyz-cause is the source (resolution). "
Only problem is, I haven't decided what the cause is. I will work on this and update my summary.
Assignment 1B-
Here is what I have so far on my six-point plot plan:
1. Goal for my MC: A happy quiet life on Dearth Farm.
Goal for my villian: Feeding off the living things at Dearth Farm.
2. Crisis: All the animals die as soon as they are brought to the farm. The dog, the replacement dog, chickens, the horse, etc. Tara (the MC) has a misscarraige also.
3. Obstacles: animals dying, remote location, money (they spent a lot moving to the farm), heat, and hard work
4. Disaster: 2 human bodies are found and the Brittany's (the family) decide that they couple must have died from being on the land and wonder if it is "cursed." Soon after their small daughter becomes ill and they must make a decision quickly.
5. Solution: Find out what is causing the death on the land. (I will update this later today or tomorrow. Still unsure myself.)
6. Resolution: Stay and fight the problem on the land or leave while they are still safe. (Again, I'm unsure in my mind how this will play out. Update coming.)
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Also, a lot of the writing on this blog was "notes" I took from a writing book I read. I did summarize a lot and put in most of my thoughts on what the book was saying, however I fear it may have been dangerously close to plagerism so I am privatizing those entries for my own referral and no one elses.
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"Family finds their newly-purchased farm (trigger event ) has dead bodies and makes their daughter sick (conflict). They determine that xyz-cause is the source (resolution). "
Only problem is, I haven't decided what the cause is. I will work on this and update my summary.
Assignment 1B-
Here is what I have so far on my six-point plot plan:
1. Goal for my MC: A happy quiet life on Dearth Farm.
Goal for my villian: Feeding off the living things at Dearth Farm.
2. Crisis: All the animals die as soon as they are brought to the farm. The dog, the replacement dog, chickens, the horse, etc. Tara (the MC) has a misscarraige also.
3. Obstacles: animals dying, remote location, money (they spent a lot moving to the farm), heat, and hard work
4. Disaster: 2 human bodies are found and the Brittany's (the family) decide that they couple must have died from being on the land and wonder if it is "cursed." Soon after their small daughter becomes ill and they must make a decision quickly.
5. Solution: Find out what is causing the death on the land. (I will update this later today or tomorrow. Still unsure myself.)
6. Resolution: Stay and fight the problem on the land or leave while they are still safe. (Again, I'm unsure in my mind how this will play out. Update coming.)
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Also, a lot of the writing on this blog was "notes" I took from a writing book I read. I did summarize a lot and put in most of my thoughts on what the book was saying, however I fear it may have been dangerously close to plagerism so I am privatizing those entries for my own referral and no one elses.
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