LIVE! #1
1 August 2018
Agenda
- Why We're Here / Roundtable Rules
- Introduction to Literary Forensics
- Group Discussion
- Further Study
Why We're Here
We writers want to improve our craft
by reading like a writer
We learn from each other
using Literary Forensics
Roundtable Rules
Always refer back to the book
Practice active listening & serendipity
Every feeling and observation is valid...
but not every conclusion
Always refer back to the book
Reading Teaches Writing
Angie Thomas
What do you feel?
What in the book elicited that feeling?
Every feeling and observation is valid...
but every conclusion should be questioned
We practice serendipity
- nothing is too crazy
Always refer back to the book
What do you notice?
The Hate U Give - Stats
- Genre: Young Adult
- Realistic Present-Day, Archplot, Long-Form Drama
- Word count: 113,815
- Print Pages: 447
- Tense: Present
- POV: First Person Singular (Starr)
- Publish date: February 28, 2017
- Publisher: Balzer + Bray
- Seller: HarperCollins Publishers
- NYT best-seller: 73 weeks
- Units sold: 500,000+
- Collector's Edition: August 4, 2018
- Movie Release: October 8, 2018
- 7 possible Plot Types:
- Overcoming the Monster
- Rags to Riches
- The Quest
- Voyage and Return
- Comedy
- Tragedy
- Rebirth
- 4 possible Story Types:
- Milieu
- Idea
- Character
- Event
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