HIHI MINNAMONO! GENKIDESKA? today is a little quick work involving a true and a false story… you guess which is true or false…

  • we went to the barbecue pit to meet madam chua who was already there making preparations ahead of us but she said that it was still not ready so she asked us to take care of the boys for her while she made preparations. I and a few others took them to the playground while another group volunteered to stay. while playing with the boys, i noticed Zoey on the swings all by herself. I could not help but go over to her to see what was wrong. “What are you doing all by yourself?” i asked hoping she would say something. “Nothing. just reading messages” was her quick reply. I nodded in understanding and turned to leave when i felt a quick pull on my hand. I turned and saw Zoey holding my hand. “Can you push me on the swing? It’s quite boring to play there so if you don’t mind…” Stunned at first, I agreed and we spent the next 20 minutes playing by ourselves not knowing that everyone else was looking for us…
  • I picked up the sword that had fallen onto the floor. looking at its beautifully hand-crafted hilt and carefully sharpened blade, i could not help but swing it a few times. suddenly, a second blade shot out from my right side barely missing my head. i turned to see who was responsible but another blow to my face prevented me from doing so. i fought back so as to protect my face that was when i realised who was my mystery attacker. “Felicia?” i asked. what greeted me was a good whack on the head. “Have you decided which sword you want to use for tomorrow’s cosplay competition?” she asked as she stood over me. “Oh, yeah! Sorry about that. I guess i don’t need to tell you the answer do I?”

purpose of exercise – a true story is not necessarily a good story GOOD STORIES HAVE TO BE WORKED AND RE-WORKED

SUMMARY – STORYTELLING TOOLS

  1. OBSERVATION
  2. MEMORY
  3. EXPERIENCE

REVIEW

  • WEEK 1
  1. writing in 3rd person
  2. writing in present tense
  3. writing in visual voice
  • week 2
  1. the role of conflict / creating conflict
  2. elements of dialogue
  3. storytelling tool 1: observation
  • week 3
  1. characterization : defining the character
  2. developing character
  • week 4
  1. dynamic action
  2. story is action = film is behavior
  3. interactive schematized
  4. storytelling tool 2 : memory
  • week 5
  1. storytelling tool 3 : experience
  2. summary of storytelling tools

films to appear in test

  1. pabrik dodol
  2. the call home
  3. wet seasons
  4. the secret heaven
  5. autograph book
  6. sunat