Today in the library I had a writing workshop with Stacy Gregg. She really explained how much you had to plan before you write. Stacy Gregg also mentioned about Research, You need to know a lot about what you are going to write about before you start. know your genre, Sometimes the name of the character can depend on the genre. Have a setting, It’s alot easier to describe when you know where you are.
Stacy Gregg helped me to understand that there are no limits to writing, You can write about whatever you want.
One of the activities we did was describing your character. What they looked like,what kind of person they are, how old they are,what they dislike etc. We had a discussion about that if you have characters its better for them to be different from each other. They might have something alike and that’s why they connect.
When you are writing a story you need to know what’s happening at the start,middle and end. You need to know what’s going to happen in each chapter (if you have chapters) So then it’s easier to write and you don’t get stuck at anytime.
Stacy Gregg talked about what she does when she is going to write something and gets stuck have no idea’s. You need to research about what you are writing. So the reader can understand and you understand every detail. When you research you gain so much information about the topic idea’s just flow through when you are writing.
Stacy Gregg is left a massive impact of the way I think and write now.
There are some great ideas here Shanelle, thanks for sharing. I really like the ideas of planning and research.
ReplyDeleteIf there are some techniques here that you feel you would like to use in class when we are writing, feel free to use them. I would love to learn off you about them - maybe you could teach me.