Week 6 Lab: Writer's Write

 This week I chose to do a writing lab and look into the Writer's Write option. This caught my attention because similar to my last week this large webpage has many small articles embedded in it with all different tips and tricks for writers, which I find to be very useful for this course. I am going to be finding some of my favorite mini-articles and summarizing the important and useful points from them

1. Music To Listen To While You Write   This article caught my attention because typically when I am writing I find it very hard to listen to anything, whether it is a tv or even music. I find myself getting distracted and unable to think clearly about what I want to write about. The author goes into depth that it can be very difficult to listen to music that has words in it whilst writing because it can jumble your thought so on the contrary, listening to music such as piano music can stimulate thoughts. Another good point made was that listening to music with a repetitive melody can be hypnotic and really get you focused on what you are writing about. It is very important though to find music that helps you engage rather than distracts you, defeating the whole purpose.
2. 10 Tips for Retelling a Classic Story. This article stood out to me because this is basically what our whole class is about: retelling a classic story. I clicked on it in hopes of finding information that could not only help others retell a classic story, but myself included. The tips included: reading the original tale, which is pretty self-explanatory and would be VERY helpful in retelling the story. The second, third, fourth, and fifth were to make a list of the characters, settings, major plot points, and scenes and sequels. That way you keep and have notes on all the major points and choose to either keep them or retell them in your own creative way. Then once you have all of that you can identify the theme, decide on a motif, and begin retelling the story. I really liked this article even though it was already things we knew, it makes a good timeline and strategy on how to retell a classic story.
   
3. How to Write an Epic First Scene This article grabbed my attention because I also think this applies to our class. We are getting into writing our storybooks and I thought that this could be helpful in giving ideas on how to write a grabbing introduction/the first scene. There are six steps to achieving this goal and they are to establish a status quo, then a moment of change to keep the reader interested. Then tell the story's purpose, introduce the antagonist, tell a back story, and lastly layout the setting. I like this layout because you interchange between introducing the story and giving small yet good insights into things such as an antagonist and story change. Those two incorporations will keep the reader interested and wanting to know more.

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