1. Plot:
A main character wants something important and specific.
She or he encounters an obstacle. (Thus, the thing all stories need: conflict). They must overcome the obstacle by means of magic or the supernatural.
2. Characterization – The development of characters in fiction
--DETAILS!!!: the physical characteristics or thing/items associated with character
(clothing, cars, residences, etc)
--actions: what they do
--desires: what they’d rather be doing
3. Setting – the writing reveals key and appropriate details of place.
4. Dialog – Must serve to characterize OR move the plot forward. No bootless yappery.
Direct: “Where are you going?” he asked.
Indirect: He asked where we were going.
5. Dramatic Irony: irony is defined as when the intended meaning is opposite the literal meaning. That is, when characters or plots twist in a way that you wouldn’t expect, yet at the same time seems proper, even inevitable.
6. Point of View: shall not be violated.
7. Theme: the underlying idea of the story.
8. Conventions are in order.
9. I’ve used colorful and effective figurative language, such as simile or metaphor.
10. I’ve turned in a typed DRAFT of the story by Friday , April 8.
