Mentor Texts for Writers - Marcie Flinchum Atkins · Write down your Q&As. We spend a lot of time...
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Mentor Texts for WritersMarcie Flinchum Atkins
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HousekeepingAll handouts are on www.marcieatkins.com
Notes
Printables
Bibliographies
Everything referenced here
Write down your Q&As
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We spend a lot of time
writing
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But we get frustrated
when we can’t get it to go
from our heads !
to the paper.
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We have finite resources.
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We’d all like to have our books on the shelves.
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We can all learn from the masters.
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Mentor TextsA stellar text that can be used as a
model for good writing.
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Design your own personalized course.
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Choose your course based on your needs.
MG Magical Realism
PB BiographyCharacter Driven
PB
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Design the course focusing on: YOUR WEAKNESSES
Plot? Characters? Setting? Structure? Dialogue?
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Make two lists: Strengths Weaknesses
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How do I figure out my strengths and weaknesses?
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Look for books that are strong in your area of
weakness.
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Where do you find the books?
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Design the course focusing on: YOUR INTERESTS
I
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3 Piles of Books to Study
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3 PilesBooks that you like but couldn’t write
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3 PilesBooks that are similar in style or books that you’d like to write like
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Design the course focusing on: HOW you want to study
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Digital or Analog
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Study the mentors
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Macro Micro
* Genre * Organization * Tone * Voice * Setting * Character * Plot * Point of View
* Word Choice * Specificity of Language * Vivid Verbs * Sensory Words * Imagery * Word Play * Descriptive Language
* Figurative Language * Simile/Metaphor * Onomatopoeia * Alliteration
* Sentence Variety * Dialogue * Leads * Endings
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Macro Level Studies
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Structures
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PlotPlot Clock
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Character Development
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Micro Level Studies
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Scene LevelLizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
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Sentence LevelTitles, Beginning Sentences, Endings,
Refrains
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Word Level
Specificity
Strong Verbs
Onomatopoeia
Sensory Words
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Word Level
Specificity
Strong Verbs
Onomatopoeia
Sensory Words
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Test your knowledge Apply it to your OWN
writing.
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Borrow a structure
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Use a structure of the whole book you like and
test drive it.
Example: M, T, W, Th, F
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Use a technique to write a scene.
Example: Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy zooming in technique
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Restructure your draft into something new.
REWRITE
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Try a hands-on technique
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Plot Clock
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Highlighting
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Build on your STRENGTHS and strengthen your
WEAKNESSES.
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Create Your Own Toolbox
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Make it your own
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