Where and when are we going Özgür Şen Bartan Adapted from Pie Corbetts How to teach fiction writing Think real Does anyone know ID: 621196
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Slide1
SettingWhere and when are we going?
Özgür Şen
Bartan
Adapted
from
Pie
Corbett’s
How
to
teach
fiction
writingSlide2
Think realDoes anyone know any stories
where
the
writer
has
used
a
place
they
know
well
?
Behzat Ç.-
by
Emrah
Serbes
: Ankara
Cornwall- Pirates of
CarabianSlide3
Name the settingThe right name can help to
bring
the
setting
alive
for
the
reader
.
Remember
to
wright
in
your
writing
journal
.
Hangman’s
wood
-
dark
and
frightenningSlide4
Be preciseWhere is the main character? America is not a good
answer
.
Sitting
on
the
bench
at
the
bus
stop
Waiting
outside
the
school
gates
On
the
back
seat
of
the
school
busSlide5
Now mention one detail that you would notice.
The
seats
are
made
of
shiny
,
slippery
leather
.
A
spider’s
web
glistening
in
the
sunlight
…
The
green
paint
on
the
bench
is
peeling
.Slide6
Decide the time of the daySee how the setting
takes
on a
different
tone
.
Maggot
Gibson
is
waiting
outside
the
school
gates
at
lunchtime
.
Maggot
Gibson
is
waiting
outside
the
school
gates
at
midnight
.Slide7
Decide the time of the daySlide8
Describe the weather (or season)List
possible
weather
conditions
.
Describe
including
a
powerful
verb
, a
smile
or
a
personification
.
Thunder
booms
.
Cold
wind
bites
into
my
face
.
Sun
beats
down
,
and
the
road
shimmers
.
Rain
lashes
the
streets
.
Now
you
describe
the
weather
.Slide9
Bring the setting alive
Sally lay on her bed
and stared up at the cracks in the ceiling. The crazy network of spidery cracks in the plaster had amused her for hours as a child.
Now she could see nothing in them
.
From
downstairs
the
sound
of
the
TV
mumbled
on.
Leaning up
on to one elbow she reached out and picked up her make-up mirror. She stared at her face, wrinkled her nose, and grinned.
F
amiliar setting
She has grown up
Sound
to
create
settingSlide10
Read and think how can it be improved. Let’s write it again. Corky rushed into the storeroom. It was a big room. It was dark. It was dirty. There was a load of stuff in there. He had to hide.Slide11
Improve the textTim rushed into the shop. He crossed the floor and picked up something to buy. Slide12
tipsUse the place but also the time of the
day
Use
details
and
sense
verbs
(
see
,
smell
,
hear
)
Use
well-known places but also inventLet the settings suggest something about the character