Final Project:
Creative Writing 12 – Independent project
Planning for Independent Project
Creative Writing 12 Final Independent Project Assessment Criteria for the Face
AI tools for Dystopian story or children’s book
Cricut Resources
Resources for project:
- NEW – JotterPad – a great website with writing tips that are useful for all of the options below
- Simple comic story made into video
- Poetry Comics Grant Snider
Poetry
- minimalism: a good section on this type of poetry is in Themes on a Journey – at the back of the classroom
- Poetry Assignment: Minimalism – instructions
- Journalism in Verse
- The difference between a preface, a foreword and an introduction
- Teen Ink Poems
- Themes and Motifs
- more…Themes to Explore
- Symbols and Archetypes
Vignettes:
- What is a Vignette?
- fish_cheeks_1 and the-house-on-mango-street
- Characteristics of Vignettes
- NEW – Vignettes – Notes on Mango Street and Figurative Language
Dystopian Graphic Story
- Dystopian Characteristics
- Dystopian Literature
- Free digital story-telling tools
- Graphic design tools for students
- Canva storyboard templates
- Studio Binder for storyboards
Children’s Story
- Oliver Jeffers on writing
- The Fate of Fausto and Trump’s Faustian Emptiness
- The most simple stories and themes can capture the most complex themes and insights into the Human Condition
- Elements of analysis for images
- children’s story – Beekle – password = beekle:
Students analysis of Beekle
Pathways to a theme and essential questions with Beekle - Berry-Song-PDF
Script
- Steps for Writing a TV Script
- What is a Story Arc?
- Studio Binder for free storyboards
- How To Write A Script For Television – JotterPad Blog
- Writing for Television — Format, Genre and Structure – StudioBinder
- TV Script Format 101 — Examples of How to Format a TV Script
- How to Write a Television Show Script (with Pictures) – wikiHow
Blogging:
Short Stories and the Novel first chapter
- NEW – The Snowflake Method of Outlining Your Plot
- Short Story Outline Template – Creative Writing 12
- Short Story writing ideas and characterization on Pinterest
- Very good website on writing the short story – great tips and checklists of ‘must-haves’
- The short story checklist
- Plot Pacing Tips
- First Chapter of the Novel Checklist
- The First Chapter of the Novel – Tips
- Make sure you utilize these resources for both the short story and the first chapter:
On Writing and Creativity
Writing-down the Bones Natalie Goldberg
