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Page 1: Snapshots and Thoughtshots. Snapshots SNAPSHOT a description of a detail that uses one or more of the five senses- should be easy for the reader to picture

Snapshots and Thoughtshots

Page 2: Snapshots and Thoughtshots. Snapshots SNAPSHOT a description of a detail that uses one or more of the five senses- should be easy for the reader to picture

Snapshots

Page 3: Snapshots and Thoughtshots. Snapshots SNAPSHOT a description of a detail that uses one or more of the five senses- should be easy for the reader to picture

SNAPSHOTa description of a detail that uses one or more of the five senses- should be easy for the reader to picture

Page 4: Snapshots and Thoughtshots. Snapshots SNAPSHOT a description of a detail that uses one or more of the five senses- should be easy for the reader to picture

Show, Don’t Tell…• Maybe you’ve heard this good advice

from teacher.• Writing gets better the more we can

zoom in on specific concrete details to make powerful feelings come alive.

Page 5: Snapshots and Thoughtshots. Snapshots SNAPSHOT a description of a detail that uses one or more of the five senses- should be easy for the reader to picture

• Don’t write about how bad your day was at school.

• Instead, describe the inky pen stain on your pants, the scab forming on your grass-stained knee, the smashed peanut butter sandwich which was supposed to be your lunch, the crumpled chemistry test in your back pack.

• Our symbol for a snapshot will be this:

Page 6: Snapshots and Thoughtshots. Snapshots SNAPSHOT a description of a detail that uses one or more of the five senses- should be easy for the reader to picture

Thoughtshots

Page 7: Snapshots and Thoughtshots. Snapshots SNAPSHOT a description of a detail that uses one or more of the five senses- should be easy for the reader to picture

Thought shot-describing what the narrator thinks or feels

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What about “Tell, Don’t Show”??

• We’ve talked about “show don’t tell,” but is there a time when it’s better to tell your reader rather than show your reader?

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• There is a time in writing when it’s better to “tell, don’t show.” When you do this, you go into the thoughts of how you feel, what you’re thinking, dreaming, imagining, etc.

• These are called “thoughtshots.”• In a thoughtshot, you let your reader

see what’s going on in the head of your characters.

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Don’t just show, tell me what you are thinking!

• It wasn’t the worst day I’d ever had, but it was definitely top ten.

• Great, my new pants were stained. Now my mom would kill me.

• I had studied for that test! Why was this happening to me?

• Our symbol for a thought shot will be this:

Page 11: Snapshots and Thoughtshots. Snapshots SNAPSHOT a description of a detail that uses one or more of the five senses- should be easy for the reader to picture

1. One time my teacher was asking

questions in class. 2. I wasn’t paying

attention. 3. She called on me. 4. I had to go

to the board to write the answer. 5. I was

embarrassed.

Where should the s go?

Where should the s go?

Let’s come up with a few examples!

Now let’s try it….