Hello wonderful humans,
Today in English we are doing task about narrative and i working on 'show don't tell' and i have some question i have to answer.
What do you think 'Show don't tell' mean?
I think 'Show don't tell' mean that you write about a text but you write about action, words, thoughts, senses and feeling.
These are some sentence we have to rewrite
1.0) The Building were tall.
1.1) The building was so high i had to look up just to see it.
2.0) Sarah was really upset.
2.1) Sarah was red in the face, yelling and throwing thing around.
3.0) She was so happy to see him.
3.1) She was smiling, jumping up and down ready to see him
4.0) The lake was beautiful.
4.1) The lake was shiny, blue and green and that it make you smile.
My show don't tell sentence...
The sunset was blue, purple and pinkish orange as the sun said goodbye and the moon saying hello.
Narrative opening.
She looked back tear rolling down her cheek and calling for him as he walk away from her.
The man in black stood there laughing as the house flame grew higher and higher.
The little girl sat there as her tears fell as she watched her sister disappear.
Setting.
In an wild old west and abandoned town where the moon shining over the building the sound of the wind dancing while the wild animal are chewing on the food they found as the ghost laugh and smile as they were found.
The Dragons roam in the sky playing tag with the fairy while the mermaid talks and sings as the humans sleep in their houses.
At the graveyard the ghost danced around the humans who were saying goodbye to their family member who passed away. Some of the other ghosts were playing with the spirit animal.
Character
A protagonist is the main character, they can be a hero or a heroine or even a villain. The story is usually in the protagonist eyes.
A Antagonist is the character that stand in the way of the protagonist they are either truly immortal or evil.
The supporting character has the important role to the protagonist.
NanoWrimo workbook
Question about my character:
Name: Maya
Age: 17 year old
Height: 5'8
Eye colour: One purple and one orange/yellow eye.
Physical appearance: Black and Pink hair, Pale young Lady, Her purple shull eye looking at you while she wear a eye patch.
Strange or unique physical attributes: Two sharp teeth like vampire.
Fondest memory: Becoming friend with her friends.
Hobbies/interests: annoying her friend and adopted family.
Special skills/abilities: turn into an animatronics.
Temperament: easily angered if someone try to hurt her friend or adopted family.
Negative traits: Doesn't take no as an answer unless her adopted family and friend will be harm because of it.
Things that upset them: Her Dad.
Favourite clothing style/outfit: Black jeans and pink crop top with a white beanie.
Where do they live? What is it like there?: With her adopted family.
Defining gestures/movements: Always smile with there lip curl in the corners.
Things about their appearance they would most like to change: Nothing they already had in the past.
Speaking style:normal.
This character is highly opinionated about: There purple eye.
Things that make them happy: There friends and adopted family.
Family (describe): Travis is a tall man who have purple eyes and was her father but is Dead. Flora is a short lady with blue eyes who is dead as well.
Deepest, darkest secret: She can turn into an animatronics.
Reason they kept this secret for so long: Because she didn't want more people to hate her.
Other people's opinions of this character: Most of the people hate her because of her form. While other people think her form is cool.
Favourite movies: None.
Favourite TV shows:None.
Favourite books:None.
Favourite foods:None.
Favourite sports/sports teams: None.
Dream vacation: None
Description of their house: It a house that is made out of white brick and have window in most of the room.
Description of their bedroom: It is a room with a queen bed and a beanbag as well as a desk.
Any pets: No
Best thing that has ever happened to this character: Making friend and moving in with them.
Worst thing that has ever happened to this character: When Travis stab her eye.
Superstitions: There form.
Three words to describe this character: Sweet, loving and caring but can be mean at time.
If a song played every time this character walked into the room, what song would it be?: I Don't Know.
What a quote that would be said to them: I'm may of had a bad life, But that what makes me stronger.
Reflection
New thing i have learn are how to use setting better, this is going to help the reader to understand the setting more around the Character.
The activity i like was show don't tell because i like how we can write a text and you know that it your work.
I work best at setting and narrative opening and Character.
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