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Welcome to my writing workshop for budding young authors. Learn how to create your characters and "show don't tell" their feelings. Write beginnings that "hook" your readers. Learn to use a "writing camera" to freeze a scene, and more! Download free worksheets. Click LESSON 1 on the left sidebar to begin.
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Sep. 4, 2007

Lesson 8- Too Many Pictures?

There is an important matter you must consider when grabbing your "writing camera" to take a writing snapshot. Here it is:

OVERUSE of "equipment"!

What you ask?
Overusing your camera. In other words, taking a word picture of anything and everything. It's sort of like going on a vacation.

Here are a few questions to ask yourself when you use a real camera:
When you go on vacation, do you....?
Take a picture of the trunk of your car? NO! Why not? Because the trunk of the car is not important to your vacation.
Take a picture of your suitcase? The plane ticket? The road? Why not??

What about the glacier you visited in Alaska? Or a moose? Or perhaps a soaring eagle? Would you take a picture of those things? I know I would! Those things are important to me on my vacation.

The same goes for your writing camera. Don't add details to every scene! Take a "writing snapshot" of the KEY (most important) SETTINGS, CHARACTERS, and OBJECTS that move the story along. Remember, a word picture FREEZES the action, which means your story is frozen, also. Readers don't want to stay frozen for long. Use your camera carefully.

Today's download will show you if you can find unnecessary details in stories and cut them out. Don't peek at the answer page until you've completed the first page. Then, for fun, you choose a setting and use your writing camera AND your emotion chart to put YOUR character in a setting. Take a snapshot! Show me your character in action and feeling something! Good luck.

LESSON 8--WRITING CAMERA PART 3

Your assignment:
1) Do the Little Red Riding Hood assignment
2) Post which "setting" you chose and your scene.

Don't forget to sign Mr. Linky and leave a comment so I know you did it!

And I promise! Next week is the Great Beginnings lesson. It's already written. Maybe I'll post it early, since this lesson was pretty easy. Stay tuned!

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Nov. 16, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by BookLover

Sorry to dissapoint you, but I haven't finished yet.:-)
I have to get it done before sunday because then we are going out of town and I can't bring it with me!!!
I don't want to get behind.

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Nov. 27, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Luthien29

I am very sorry, I didn't mean to hide it from you! But I've got the right address now:
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Arya/434094/

I hope that gets you somewhere! My second blog here used to be called Luthien29, but for the top write in thing, its Arya. :
Luthien

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Nov. 28, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by BookLover

I'm done, but you already read it!

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Dec. 30, 2007 - I posted the assignment on my blog.

Posted by LifeofFaith

Uh, I don't see Mr. Linky again so here's the link: http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/lifeoffaith/452539/

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Dec. 31, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by LifeofFaith

Thank you so much for your feedback! I see Mr. Linky now and I signed it. You're right...it was my computer :).

Yes, I have done and posted all the lessons up until now.

Sincerely,
Alyssa

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Jan. 6, 2008 - Done

Posted by bigsister

I'm done with this one. I can't wait to hear from you.

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Jan. 13, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by bookworm12

I did the next Lesson 8 :)
Sarah

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Jan. 17, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by bookworm12

ok I re-did lesson 8 :)
Sarah
I can't wait for the next lesson but I don't think I'll finish it today dinner time is soon :)

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Jan. 26, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Abbypie3000

When i click on lesson 9 it takes me to this! :-( Do you know why?

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Jan. 31, 2008 - lesson completion

Posted by Luthien29

Hallo, I did lesson 8! Thank you!
Luthien

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Feb. 1, 2008 - lesson 8

Posted by teresafromsugarloaf

Mrs. Marlow, Nathan and Miranda have finished lesson eight. Thank you for all your nice comments.

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Feb. 15, 2008 - I typed in MP's lesson 8

Posted by MountainPrincess

She did it a few months ago before our computer broke down, and I never got it in. Now she is working on lesson 9.

Here's the link to lesson 8:
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/MountainPrincess/481555/

MountainPrincess's Mom, Carol (aka threelittleladies)

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Feb. 20, 2008 - Lesson 8

Posted by MargoMargolia1

lesson 8 is finished!
please come and check it out when you have time.
thank you!
Margo

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Feb. 23, 2008 - Done

Posted by RedwallFreak180

I may have written more of part of my story than the lesson you wanted! Let me know what you think.

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Mar. 2, 2008 - Lesson 8 complete!

Posted by Emma4Jesus

Haha, yeah, I know I stopped rather abruptly on the treasure chest assignment. I didn't have much inspiration after that, lol. Sorry about that. I wrote more about the adventure of finding it than about the chest itself.
This lesson was also fun.

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Mar. 10, 2008 - It's finished

Posted by SavedGirl

I finished it. Please come take a look.

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Mar. 10, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by SavedGirl

Dear Mrs. Marlow,

I put in the paragraphs and I do know how to put paragraphs in.

P.S. I did not peek

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Mar. 17, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by luvdogs07

Done! =DD

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Mar. 26, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Lillian

Done with lesson eight.
Would you like me to add you to my mailing list for when I do lessons too? I was going to ask you how you wanted me to tell you when I posted a chapter of my book (I sent the first one to you too) but then I saw that.
Thanks!
~Lillian

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Mar. 31, 2008 - Complete

Posted by Rosethorn

I have finished lesson 8. Sorry I haven't written in awile.

~ Rosethorn

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Apr. 2, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Lillian

Done with lesson eight.
Would you like me to add you to my mailing list for when I do lessons too? I was going to ask you how you wanted me to tell you when I posted a chapter of my book (I sent the first one to you too) but then I saw that.
Thanks!
~Lillian

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Apr. 16, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Meggy T

Finished!!!! Made a new character and after this I think I like her!!! Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis? Nope, sorry I've never seen them! I've seen the cartoon Atlantis but that's it!:)

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Jun. 6, 2008 - I did..

Posted by sewbookcomputer

I did lesson 8!

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Jun. 28, 2008 - Fixed!

Posted by sewbookcomputer

I fixed this lesson

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Sep. 4, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by writer

I posted this lesson...

~Beth

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Sep. 4, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by writer4him

Hello, Mrs. Marlow!

I really appreciate all your feedback on the writing lessons--yes, I am having quite a bit of fun with them :-). All your praise and encouragement is incredibly inspiring! Whatever you may think, I do believe I'll learn something from the lessons. It may not be something I didn't know in some form or other, but I know without a fact that I've already improved in my ability to take an idea and expound on it (I wasn't too excited about lesson 7 at first--I stared at those sentences forever before I finally started to write! And what do you know, I was actually happy with the results! Dropping out of a class to escape rewriting a fairytale sounds exactly like something I'd do. I tend to be picky about what a write.)

Yes, I do like playing around with POV...I think I have a good grasp of it, but even then I overlook "the rules" when I feel like being lazy :-). Or I suppose my current novel just has a bit more complexity when it comes to POV, as it jumps back and forth between two characters, mainly. I still catch myself writing a sentence here and there from the wrong character's perspective!

Phew, that went a bit longer than I'd intended! Thanks again for all your help. I should be posting the next lesson soon!

~Beth

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Sep. 29, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Pip

Lesson 8 is done! The second part is an excerpt from the Roh story.
I did the right-click-copy technique but previewed it first, and it didn't look haywire, but if it looks strange to you just PM me before you read it and I'll fix it and tell you here. Thanks for your comment on the revised Lesson 7!
~PIP~

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Oct. 16, 2008 - LESSON 8!!!

Posted by Ciaraberry2

I've have completed lesson 8! It went quick but I think it was good!

Thanks,
Ciara

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Nov. 7, 2008 - Done It!!

Posted by verafaye

Hi! I did it.

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