Writers March(Thank you Brandon Freeman https://www.facebook.com/hall.e.woode )Writers Write Rewriting - A Checklist for Authors1. Have you started with an inciting moment?2. Have you introduced your main characters in the opening scene?3. Have you checked genre requirement?4. Have you included enough dialogue (at least 50%)5. What is your promise to the reader in the beginning? Is it Clear? 6. Is there enough conflict?7. Have you considered your target market?8. Have you explained something in dialogue and in the narrative?9. Have you given your protagonist a distinctive voice?10. Have you done spell check?11. Do you have too many long sentences?12. Have you removed most of your adverbs?13. Have you reduced your adjectives?14. Have you removed th imprecise and nonsensical?15. Have you cut out gratuitous similes and metaphors?16. Have you cut out gratuitous profanity?17. Have you removed the passive voice?18. Have you take out your pretentious pieces of writing?19. Have you taken out author intrusion and inadvertent preaching?20. Have you used the correct lexicon for the genre?21. Have you rewritten your novel at least five times?22. Are there any holes in your plot?23. Is your protagonist believable?24. Is your antagonist believable?25. Does your dialogue flow? Read it aloud!26. Have you use enough contractions (explained them as well)27. Have you chosen the correct view point for the novel?28. Have you set your character in time and place?29. Have you cut out modifiers and qualifiers?30. Have you made good your promise? Is your readers satisfied?www.writerswrite.co.za----------------https://www.facebook.com/groups/mikegeffnerpresentswritershelpingwriters/Writers Notes (Writer Group)Brandon FreemanJUMPCHARACTERSMurphyGregToriBryceYvonne or IvanWillieJoeBuddyCelestePaulJoanNickBrady or BradiMOTIVATIONHungerShelterListPenanceSelf a destructionRevengeGreedOCCUPATIONSoldierJanitorTruck driverBankerIT personForest rangerAssassinSocial workerRELATIONSBro/sisStudent/teacherPartnersChildhood friendsUnit (military or)Victim/suspectMentor/apprenticeGOALSBack to normalCall sibling and fess upSCENARIOSBegin or end of fightMilitary operationPrevention of suicide or self destructionFamily holiday dinnerProposal shot down (marriage or)-------------Jump Film Writing GroupBrandon Freeman - Jump5-6 Pages3 Characters- Rose, Pete, TaylorSituation- Break up- Reunion- UltimatumRelationship- Siblings- Boss/Empoyee- RomanticMotives- Revenge- ?- ?- Bury the Hatchet- what else?StructureCharacter Elements - DialogPacing - DescriptionEndingFuneral- Scene Before- Time Crunch- Limited # of ActorsAunt- Rose, sister of mom who funeral it is. enroute to the funeral?Location - PressureDad - Pete, salesmen, insurance, professional or HR Transaction SpecialistRose was the care giver of the mother of Taylor. Tessa was the mother.Daughter - Taylor, studentClose with Pete and Rose burying the hatchet.-------------Writers March 2017What I sort of got, I have more to write.writers march 2017Rose - Maternal AuntPete - absent biodad.Taylor - child of Tess and Peteafter the funeral.small setting 3 characterbury the hatchet.scene is the grave site. Fresh grave stone, Tess the mothers name and info emblazoned on it.Taylor is there. sitting next to the stone, leaning on it, crying.she is grieving? age for college. dads been paying for things but is not been there.Rose is there and sees Pete walked towards the grave site and instantly goes in fight mode, with how her posture and eyes and face change to.she does not want him there? or other reasons. she is afraid he will take here away? Taylor his child?he wants to be there?Taylor says:stop fighting it is HER funeral. so shut up or make your peace or just leave and do not come back. And yes I invited him!Taylor has found out more about how things was before she was born, from reading her mothers journal, that Tess the mother, basically did all she could to keep Pete and Rose apart due to she knew what sort of man he was, and in the process ended up pregnant. Or she was already pregnant, with Taylor and she knew that Rose had a crush on Pete.. ----------------JUMP Writers MarchBrandon FreemanCharacters:-Rose-Pete-TaylorSituation:-Breakup-Reunion-UltimatumRelationship:- Siblings- Boss/Employee- RomanticMotives:- Revenge- Woo/Court- Over ComeJump PG ratingStructureCharacter Elements - DialogPacing - DescriptionEndingTurmoil?- Scene Before (Time Crunch)- Limited number of actors and their ages- Rose - Aunt Surrogate her sisters caregiver, sister to Tess the deceased mother. Has issues.- Peter - Abscentee Father, salesmen, male slut, but pays well and his child support was upkept and it paid for much of things,for Taylor. Saleman or like person, on the road all the time. He may have a good or bad, or even some sort of glorified ideal by Taylor of his life style/work.- Taylor - Likely female, daugher of Pete and Tess, Tess the now deceased, it is her funeral they are meeting back up again at.- Tess - Deceased mother of Taylor. Left a Journal of her life and raising Taylor and more.HR Transition Specialist? Pete or .. Long haul truck driver. Actors:Production:April workshop.Free so far.Rose - Caregive and Taylors maternal Aunt. Setting enroute to the wake or ..Location and pressureRose and Pete need to bury the hatchet, but what and why is there a hatchet to be buried for?------------Writers Notes (Writer Group)Brandon FreemanJUMPCHARACTERSMurphyGregToriBryceYvonne or IvanWillieJoeBuddyCelestePaulJoanNickBrady or BradiMOTIVATIONHungerShelterListPenanceSelf a destructionRevengeGreedOCCUPATIONSoldierJanitorTruck driverBankerIT personForest rangerAssassinSocial workerRELATIONSBro/sisStudent/teacherPartnersChildhood friendsUnit (military or)Victim/suspectMentor/apprenticeGOALSBack to normalCall sibling and fess upSCENARIOSBegin or end of fightMilitary operationPrevention of suicide or self destructionFamily holiday dinnerProposal shot down (marriage or)----------Writers Notes 2017Brandon Freeman01/2017JUMPWriters workshop 2017-1NAMES:BillyJenniRoxyGeorgeTommyAnneRichardCharlotteNicoleAliDougBrandenRELATIONSHIP:SpousesBoss/EmployeePolitician/ConstituentParent/ChildSiblingsNeighborsEnemiesMinister/ParishionerENVIRONMENT:WorkPartyCounseling SessionHoliday at BarJailMatress FirmForestHomeOBJECTIVES:To promoteConvinceRepelConnectConfideDisruptTo WaiveConquerWoo/SeduceOBSTACLES:WeatherAnother LoverNo TimeNo MoneyNo EnergyTo little or to much boozeSocial divideWriters BlockDistance------------WRITERS NOTESBrandon Freeman12/2016Writers Workshop?CHARACTERS:MurphyGregToriBryceYvonne or IvanWillieJoeBuddyCelestePaulJoanNickBrady or BradiMOTIVATION:HungerShelterListPenanceSelf a destructionRevengeGreedOCCUPATION:SoldierJanitorTruck driverBankerIT personForest rangerAssassinSocial workerRELATIONS:Bro/sisStudent/teacherPartnersChildhood friendsUnit (military or)Victim/suspectMentor/apprenticeGOALS:Back to normalCall sibling and fess upSCENARIOS:Begin or end of fightMilitary operationPrevention of suicide or self destructionFamily holiday dinnerProposal shot down (marriage or)------------Writers Notes 3Brandon Freeman12/20/16JUMPNAMES:Frank *Jill *Alex *SuzannaMartinCodyRELATIONSHIP:High school friendsBoss/employeeCandidates need not be political.CoworkersBrothersPet/ownerTeacher/studentStep familyMOTIVES:HungerJealousyReunion/desire to reconnectMoney/financialPovertyGreedLove aka sacrificeGuiltGOALS:Forgiveness or to forgivenProcreateFriendshipGet the inheritanceTo get revengeEscapeHumiliateTo mess withACTION/ACTIVITY/OBSTACLE(S):Drug/rufee/get them drunk or drugged upReunion/high school and moreGive a giftDeliver a messageBuild a businessSuicideDig a holeSCENARIOS/SETTINGS:Funeral/cemeterySuicideWeddingAct of terrorFamous land mark/personnel. Mall the/shoppingDriving cab/taxi/other------------The "Basic" Plots in LiteratureExample Questions That Can Be Answered Using This FAQI’ve heard there are only 7 (or 5, 20, 36…) basic plots (or themes) in all of literature. What are they?People often say that there are only a certain number of basic plots in all of literature, and that any story is really just a variation on these plots. Depending on how detailed they want to make a "basic" plot, different writers have offered a variety of solutions. Here are some of the ones we’ve found:1 Plot | 3 Plots | 7 Plots | 20 Plots | 36 Plots1 Plot:Attempts to find the number of basic plots in literature cannot be resolved any more tightly than to describe a single basic plot. Foster-Harris claims that all plots stem from conflict. He describes this in terms of what the main character feels: "I have an inner conflict of emotions, feelings.... What, in any case, can I do to resolve the inner problems?" (p. 30-31) This is in accord with the canonical view that the basic elements of plot revolve around a problem dealt with in sequence: "Exposition - Rising Action - Climax - Falling Action - Denouement". (Such description of plot can be found in many places, including: Holman, C. Hugh and William Harmon. A Handbook to Literature. 6th ed. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co, 1992.) Foster-Harris’ main argument is for 3 Plots (which are contained within this one), described below.3 Plots:Foster-Harris. The Basic Patterns of Plot. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1959. Foster-Harris contends that there are three basic patterns of plot (p. 66):"’Type A, happy ending’"; Foster-Harris argues that the "Type A" pattern results when the central character (which he calls the "I-nitial" character) makes a sacrifice (a decision that seems logically "wrong") for the sake of another."’Type B, unhappy ending’"; this pattern follows when the "I-nitial" character does what seems logically "right" and thus fails to make the needed sacrifice."’Type C,’ the literary plot, in which, no matter whether we start from the happy or the unhappy fork, proceeding backwards we arrive inevitably at the question, where we stop to wail." This pattern requires more explanation (Foster-Harris devotes a chapter to the literary plot.) In short, the "literary plot" is one that does not hinge upon decision, but fate; in it, the critical event takes place at the beginning of the story rather than the end. What follows from that event is inevitable, often tragedy. (This in fact coincides with the classical Greek notion of tragedy, which is that such events are fated and inexorable.)7 Plots7 basic plots as remembered from second grade by IPL volunteer librarian Jessamyn West:[wo]man vs. nature[wo]man vs. [wo]man[wo]man vs. the environment[wo]man vs. machines/technology[wo]man vs. the supernatural[wo]man vs. self[wo]man vs. god/religion20 Plots:Tobias, Ronald B. 20 Master Plots. Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest Books, 1993. (ISBN 0-89879-595-8)This book proposes twenty basic plots:QuestAdventurePursuitRescueEscapeRevengeThe RiddleRivalryUnderdogTemptationMetamorphosisTransformationMaturationLoveForbidden LoveSacrificeDiscoveryWretched ExcessAscensionDescension.36 PlotsPolti, Georges. The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations. trans. Lucille Ray.Polti claims to be trying to reconstruct the 36 plots that Goethe alleges someone named [Carlo] Gozzi came up with. (In the following list, the words in parentheses are our annotations to try to explain some of the less helpful titles.):Supplication (in which the Supplicant must beg something from Power in authority)DeliveranceCrime Pursued by VengeanceVengeance taken for kindred upon kindredPursuitDisasterFalling Prey to Cruelty of MisfortuneRevoltDaring EnterpriseAbductionThe Enigma (temptation or a riddle)ObtainingEnmity of KinsmenRivalry of KinsmenMurderous AdulteryMadnessFatal ImprudenceInvoluntary Crimes of Love (example: discovery that one has married one’s mother, sister, etc.)Slaying of a Kinsman UnrecognizedSelf-Sacrificing for an IdealSelf-Sacrifice for KindredAll Sacrificed for PassionNecessity of Sacrificing Loved OnesRivalry of Superior and InferiorAdulteryCrimes of LoveDiscovery of the Dishonor of a Loved OneObstacles to LoveAn Enemy LovedAmbitionConflict with a GodMistaken JealousyErroneous JudgementRemorseRecovery of a Lost OneLoss of Loved Ones.------------Story 7 PointBrook West 1:33am Apr 7 05/2018One story form writers often use is the so-called Seven Point Plot:A CHARACTER, in a SETTING, has a PROBLEM.TRIES and FAILS [or tries and succeeds, but makes things worse] (Most stories have at least two try-fail cycles setting up for the final push)TRIES and, putting forth all effort, SUCCEEDS.VALIDATION - recognition and resolution:, the award presentation (Star Wars), "who was that masked man" (Lone Ranger), gets the girl (James Bond), etc. ------------T-Writing Screen PlaysNotes from a recent Screen Writing Workshop, need to add notes from a recent character creation workshop for D&D and see if they can work together? If anything to be able to create a character on the fly, and see how far it can fly or crash? Gets you inspired?IDEA: - What is the Idea?CONCEPT:- What is the Concept?STORY:- What is the Story? What is the VoiceCharacter and their back ground, who are they, how real to life do you want to make them, often based on real people and like that you have known in your life.Pre-Write (helps with writers block)DraftingRevisionsScript TestWhat to do when the screen play is done/complete.Prewriting- Concept- Characters- Write the Story- Scene Break Downs- Write the ending first, works for many.Story Time:Essay FormatNo rules or expectationsStream of ConsciousnessYou can revise laterResearchScene Break DownShort - 45 minutesFeature - 90+ minutesLocationPropsSynopsisDesired ShotsNotes------------https://www.facebook.com/shutupnwrite/?ref=br_rshttps://www.facebook.com/groups/1478464368856723/https://www.facebook.com/events/208141943055203/https://www.facebook.com/groups/903849723057151/https://www.facebook.com/groups/345992682169094/https://www.facebook.com/TVCTV/