Day 8

I hope that the story maps exercise today in class was at least a bit helpful for you all, showing you your stories in a new way, giving you a visual for the "shape" of what you're writing.

Remember: pivotal moments IN SCENE, so that you can slow them down and explore them more. Less important background information can go in SUMMARY. It's always better to have more SCENE than summary; more summary than scene is, well, bad.

Keep writing! Honestly, the best thing to do when you sit down to write is to try and forget all the stuff we've been talking about in class. (HA! Right?)

See you tomorrow.