Day 4 We finished up a taste of Dr Who with some Twilight Zone face swapping mixed in Most of your wrote that if you could change your face you would Last time on Science Fiction Club Become X famous persons ID: 316862
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Science Fiction (and) Writing
Day
4Slide2
We finished up a taste of Dr. Who, with some Twilight Zone face swapping mixed in.Most of your wrote that if you could change your face you would:
Last time on Science Fiction Club
Become ‘X’ famous person’s
girlfriend/boyfriend (really?)Slide3
Describe the setting in your head. Use the laptops to assist in adjectives and description. Describe the scenery, how things are different than the norm (or the same), and why your character is here in the first place.
Use at least 10 sentences to describe the setting, with 2-3 adjectives per sentence.Think of a setting or place that has a few of the following criteria:
- Weird
-
Unique
-
Unreal
-
Crazy
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Whimsical
-
Scary
-
Unfamiliar
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This new setting should be completely different from your first one. It can incorporate elements from the first, but shouldn’t mirror it in any way. Same sentence length and adj. rules apply.
Now, think of a setting or place that has a few of the following criteria, but not the exact same ones you just used: - Weird
- Unique -
Unreal
-
Crazy
-
Whimsical
-
Scary
- Unfamiliar Slide5
A
hook is the real ‘WOW’ factor in the first sentence/paragraph. It’s what drives your readers to actually care what’s going to happen next!
You may have bait, but you won’t catch fish without a
hook
.Slide6
1) Simile or Metaphor:
“Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get.”
2) A simple question: “Who do you think the greatest warrior of all time is?”
3) Begin with a comparison with someone famous:
“Mr. Rose was as rugged as
Russel
Crowe with all the charm of Joseph Gordon-Levitt.”
A few simple ways to write a hook:Slide7
4) Place it in the future: “In the year 2015, all 8th grade teachers have been replaced with robots.”
5) Begin with a dilemma:
“Harold was so indecisive, he was shaking; which ship should he choose to board; the
Ultratanic
or the
Megolos
?
”
6) Begin with the scene:
“A snowy wasteland stretched on inexorably in front of Cpt. Payne, the burning wreckage of his ship behind him was the only warmth he would feel on this planet.”