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