Six Doors. Which door will you Enter?

 

There are so many possibilities when considering a fictional world.  If you could choose any of these six to live in, which one would you choose and why?  How does it unfold?

 

 

  1. Short description of each place:

 

Narnia: Magical world in the Chronicles of Narnia book series where ordinary kids become prince and princesses and the king, who they try to save, is a talking lion.

 

Neverland: The land where Peter Pan brings three kids from England.  In Neverland you don’t have to grow up and have responsibilities, you can play and dress up forever.  The only downside is the evil Captain Hook.

 

Wonderland: The dream land where Alice lands when she falls down the rabbit hole.  Wonderland is filled with talking animals and flowers, a disappearing cheshire cat, a mad hatter, and a queen of hearts who tries to get rid of Alice.

 

Hogwarts: The school for wizards and witches in Harry Potter where Harry faces the struggle between good and evil and has many adventures with his friends, Ron and Hermione.

 

Camelot: Is the castle and court associated with King Arthur.  It is a place where knights are deemed nobles and princesses are to be saved.

 

Middle Earth: The continent in which the Lord of the Rings takes place.  The hobbits, men, elves, and valar are on the good side while Melkor along with the orcs and dragons are evil.

 

Fairy Tales – First Person Point of View

 


Fairy tales tend to be narrated so that audiences are told what happens to the main character.

The use of the third person point of view gives a narrative distance to avoid leaking
empathy every time something bad happens.

But Wait….. What if, you wrote the fairytale from the first person point of view? Yes, let’s do that. I look forward to your creative twists!

Going for a Walk

This amazing scene was photographed in Corner Brook, Newfoundland by my cousin.

Back home, autumn is a delicious feast for the eyes.  The colors create a majestic scene across the landscape. This time of year may not be as noisy as Spring, when new life is bursting forth, but there are still plenty of sounds in Autumn’s symphony. Canadian geese flying overhead, the breeze rustling the leaves and the crackling of burning fires all give this season a special place on the calendar. The smell of cool fresh air in the afternoon and those last beautiful sunsets of October are the best ones.

Imagine you are out for a walk one day in the scene above. Describe your journey. Something out of the ordinary happens; something that you will never forget. Use your imagination and describe in detail your walk on that Autumn afternoon.

Descriptive writing is about using the power of words to arouse and capture the reader’s attention and create a lasting impact.

Descriptive writing strives to invoke a vivid and involved experience for the reader. It is often considered as one of the most creative forms of writing since it is basically about being able to evoke emotions in the reader through the power of words. Through descriptive, you have the ability to arouse the reader’s senses and create a lasting impact on his or her mind. This effect can be achieved not through statistics and facts, but by detailed descriptions and observations.

Write a descriptive paragraph that follows the 1)  structure of a paragraph 2) uses well written sentences 3) uses a variety of descripive vocaulary and 4) CREATES A LASTING IMPRESSION

 

Create a Character!

“The process of discovering the
writer within you is just that—a process. As you change and grow, your
writing will change and grow. And that’s what makes the writing experience so challenging and
rewarding.”

                              Creative Writing

  Create a character. Use interesting vocabulary to describe him or her. Make your character come alive for the reader,both physically and emotionally. Reveal their personalities through expression of thoughts, feelings, actions and words.

 

Example: He was a tall burly man, beady of eye and rubicund of visage. He began to talk about his travels to distant parts. He squared his broad shoulders in the chair and spoke of strange scenes and doughty deeds, of wars and plagues and strange peoples. His manner was so impressive that his listeners became slightly nervous………