Owen Savage Story Draft    It was another day in the life of Richie, the whistle of the teapot pierces the air as Rich torches the end of last night’s cigarette, drops his lighter, slides into his slippers and runs a come through his hair…

a young teenage girl (MC = main character) rides a bus home from school. it’s downpouring, so the roads are extremely slippery. she frowns while looking out at the rainy roads and listening to music through earbuds. there’s still a ways left to get home,…

Part 1 BAM!, it all started way to fast.  Without any warning, the reactor went off like a mega bomb. Workers got hurt, I wasn’t sure how bad it was, I didn’t care I knew what I needed to do: I needed to get out…

The story starts with James and his business partner and best friend, Carl, on their yacht.  They are playing a round of pool with drinks in their hand when Carl mentions how he failed to prank James earlier today.  He asked the captain to fake…

The planet was mostly barren except for a few rock outcroppings. In the sky, the two stars that had started their journey across the sky long before anyone remembered drifted ever closer to the horizon. The surface was teeming with life. Bird-like creatures danced through…

[aesop_chapter title=”Chapter 1″ subtitle=”It Begins” bgtype=”color” full=”on” video_autoplay=”play_scroll” bgcolor=”#6b1a1a” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”] The story starts off with a young adult named Cole living out his normal life. He lives in a small town as a farmer. Then hes approached by a mysterious woman. She introduces herself…

Sept 23, 2020   CHARACTER FUNCTIONS Review all the character functions in Truby’s Anatomy of Story. Protagonist-a man, age between 25-35, around 6 feet tall. Dark Brown hair, short mustache, quick-witted, cleaver can think on his feet, not very strong always wears his fancy watch,  passed…

Writing the First Draft Using the past Journal assignments you’ve written about your story, in other words, the Premise, Seven Steps of Story Structure, Character Web, write a thoughtful but quick and rough first draft of your story.  Your job is to try to find…

Premise: Sometimes working a job has consequences, but are they worth it in the end? A world created on peace and corruption being blinded by common distractions of societies change happens when an assassination job takes more than just life and starts a war. Events:…

  Premise: Sometimes working a job has consequences, but are they worth it in the end? The actions of an individual can really obscure the outcome of the world surrounding them, these decisions could decide the future of their world. Possibilities: This story is going…

Owen Savage Premise  A college dropout works at a pizza restaurant and survives a nuclear apocalypse by standing in a walk in freezer, he then becomes the leader of what little society is left by being the sole owner of pizza ingredients.  Events One event…

PREMISE First write a premise for your story. You can use the Premise from Journal 2, or create a new one. A suffering teen girl has life-changing encounters with an old man in an alternate dream-like world and rediscovers the beauty of life. EVENTS First write down…

PREMISE First write a premise for your story. You can use the Premise from Journal 2, or create a new one. EVENTS First write down some story events, describing each in a single sentence.  Usually, when you get an idea for a story, certain events immediately pop…

JOURNAL 3   (I will be drawing up character sheets for all of the characters mentioned)   Story Events:     -The Scourge (entity attacking them) does its thing, kills and possesses people, including Azrael, kills Az’s wife and the brother’s parents, permanently altering his mind…

DFletcher-Journal 3 Sept. 19, 2020 PREMISE First, write a premise for your story. You can use the Premise from Journal 2, or create a new one. Premise-a man running from the law after failing to complete a mission gets sentenced to life in prison.  They…

Premise: A man gets stranded on a deserted island where he meets the natives and learns a new way of living. Events: Yacht crashes Man washes up onto deserted island Raft he tries to make with broken parts fails, forces him back onto island Man…

PREMISE First write a premise for your story. You can use the Premise from Journal 2, or create a new one. The premise for my story is a boy, Cole, has been cursed by a demon, Circe, and joins a group of demon hunters to eradicate the…

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Review Truby Chapter 3 The Seven Key Steps of Structure Follow Truby’s writing Exercise 2 in chapter 3 :  HOW TO USE THE SEVEN STEPS and then respond to the following prompts below based on Truby’s instructions. Copy this list into a post of your own…

I. Define Premise, using your own words. Premise: A concise, one-sentence description of the most fundamental elements and concept of a story. II. Give an example of a premise from a popular movie or story that we might all know. This can be from an…

A premise is a one sentence summary and basic outline of a story. It is used to give a brief description of what the story is about. When a highschool teacher gets diagnosed with late stage cancer he is faced with the reality of leaving…

Define the Premise, using your own words A premise for a story is the idea of the story, what’s going to happen to the characters and the plot.    Given an example of a premise from a popular movie or story that we might all…

The Premise is a simple explanation of the character and plot in a single sentence. An example from the Anime HunterXHunter would be; A young boy embarks on a long journey to find his father. Premise: A young woman searches for her missing friend and…

  Define Premise, using your own words Given an example of a premise from a popular movie or story that we might all know. This can be from an anime story or a different kind of story. Craft a premise for a story you’d like…

Define Premise, using your own words A premise is a short, one to two sentence hook line describing the story.  Not necessarily a summary, but it for a lack of better words summarizes what the story is about. Given an example of a premise from…

Define Premise, using your own words A premise is a one-sentence description of a story that is designed to capture an audience and entice them into reading. It’s meant to be a hook to pull people in.   Given an example of a premise from…

Princess Mononoke is effective in its portrayal of an ancient civilization that worships ancient gods. The speech of the characters is believable and immersive, and helps to carry the theme of the story. Upon watching the movie, one can truly perceive just how meaningful these…

Define Premise, using your own words A premise is basically a concept for a story or show or movie. Given an example of a premise from a popular movie or story that we might all know. This can be from an anime story or a…

Define and craft your own premise.

1) I felt that the demonstration of a lack of understanding between two opposing groups  is done very well. Both the humans and the forest spirits have fair reason to fight for their side however there is no clear effort of a compromise and neither…

Princess Mononoke has some successes written with in its story. One of my favorites is showing the advancement of technology through the creation of the iron and armed forgeries. This may conflict with the nature vs mankind theme, however as technology grows for mankind the…

DFletcher, Journal 1 Sept 5, 2020 One aspect I find worked well in Princess Mononoke as well as most Miyazaki’s films are that they want a villain.  We can see that Ashitaka is the protagonist, and there’s defiantly an antagonist, but there’s not really a typical…

1. Name two aspects of Princess Mononoke which you feel are particularly successful (or not), and explain how and why they work (or don’t). Use one full paragraph for each. Try to focus on aspects that might be particular to anime if you can. One…

Name two aspects of Princess Mononoke which you feel are particularly successful (or not), and explain how and why they work (or don’t). Use one full paragraph for each. Try to focus on aspects that might be particular to anime if you can. Reflect on…

(1). Name two aspects of Princess Mononoke which you feel are particularly successful (or not), and explain how and why they work (or don’t). Use one full paragraph for each. Try to focus on aspects that might be particular to anime if you can. Two…

Name two aspects of Princess Mononoke which you feel are particularly successful (or not), and explain how and why they work (or don’t). Use one full paragraph for each. Try to focus on aspects that might be particular to anime if you can. One aspect…

Name two aspects of Princess Mononoke which you feel are particularly successful (or not), and explain how and why they work (or don’t). Use one full paragraph for each. Try to focus on aspects that might be particular to anime if you can. The artwork…

Revision of Story Draft with Aesop instructions coming…

Overview In your Breakout groups, choose person for each role: note-taker (create a post called Mononoke notes, copy the following questions, add your group member’s names, then  answer with specific and concrete bullet points presenter can use in discussion) presenter ( present the group notes  from…