Redrafting recrafting and Proofreading Apply each of these to your draft Hook the reader with the first sentence Does it pack a punch Vary your sentences in EVERY paragraph Use the 10 sentence types sheet ID: 417046
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Creative Writing:
Redrafting, recrafting and
ProofreadingSlide2
Apply each of these to your draft:
Hook the reader with the first sentence: Does it pack a punch?
Vary your sentences in EVERY paragraph. Use the 10 sentence types sheet.
Crafting: Use language features. Simile, symbols, alliteration, metaphor, personification, rhetorical question, onomatopoeia, power of 3, repetition, allusion. (Use at least one per paragraph)
Proofread (or you won’t get credits): Use spellcheck, grammar check, make sure you have ALL kinds of punctuation (commas, apostrophes
etc
), learn to punctuate speech ACCURATELYSlide3
Proofreading
Original:
Surprisingly enough I never though I’d spend so much time in his store I mean he hates my guts and I hate his guts, it’s
kinda
like I mutual relationship between me and Jerry.
Punctuated:
Surprisingly enough, I never thought I’d spend so much time in his store. I mean he hates my guts and I hate his guts. It’s
kinda
like a mutual relationship between me and Jerry.Slide4
Sentence Variation
Original:
Surprisingly enough I never though I’d spend so much time in his store I mean he hates my guts and I hate his guts, it’s
kinda
like I mutual relationship between me and Jerry
.
Punctuated and Variety of Sentence:
Surprisingly enough, I never thought I’d
spend
so much time in his store. I
mean-
he hates my
guts. I
hate his
guts. Hate.
It’s
kinda
mutual
between me
and Jerry.Slide5
Re-crafting: language and structure
Original:
Surprisingly enough I never though I’d spend so much time in his store I mean he hates my guts and I hate his guts, it’s
kinda
like I mutual relationship between me and Jerry
.
Punctuated and Variety of
Sentence and Crafting:
Surprisingly
enough, I never thought I’d spend so much time in his
crumbly, store
. H
e
hates my guts. I hate his guts. Hate. It’s
kinda
mutual between me and
Jerry; Bruce Wayne and Lex Luther. A pure and simple hate grown between two men like a fungus.
But those rice balls… AMAZING. Slide6
Adding in versus Taking Out
Add in:
Take out or replace:
-character’s motivation (WHY?)
Non-essential
(boring) words
e.g. it, that, it’s, the, a,
-more
specific detail (this can be done by adding extra sentences or just using better vocal words- e.g. car versus Lexus)
-language features
-punctuation