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Oct 23, 2012 at 7:50pm
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WRITER'S DIGEST NOVEL IDEA SUMMARY SHEET Working title: Dad Or Devil “Type” of novel best suited to this idea: Mainstream (Describe): Young adult or adult Fantasy Though there are many that know these things to be in their history, there are those that only know the events in movies or nightmares. Horror A family who looses the Identity of their father, and with all the activity in the house (voices, doors opening on their own, toddler playing cards alone) make this a real horror novel. Science Fiction Strange lights, visions, and history of the house helps this novel make the science fiction area too. (Describe): Main Characters (list only up to three major characters) Character #1—the protagonist (the hero or heroine of this story) Name: Bad John Primary Goal: Live his life out as a strong harsh man. Most notable personality trait(s): He is out spoken, likes to fight, thinks little of women, and he controls his three daughters and wife with a high temper and loud-cursing voice. Character #2—the antagonist (the main “opposition” character) Name: Matilda Primary Goal: Hold her family together, protect her sisters, and try to gain her fathers approval. Most notable personality trait(s): The oldest of three daughters. She doesn't make friends. Her focus is on her family and keeping peace between her sisters/mom and her father. She refuses to believe anything but that Bad John loves them the only way he knows how. Relationship to protagonist: Bad John's oldest known daughter. Character #3—a major supporting character Name: Sis Primary Goal: Being a four year old girl. Most notable personality trait(s): Talks and plays to with unseen beings. She always feels safe, and wishes that he big sister would too. Relationship to protagonist: Youngest daughter Setting(s) (If your novel has multiple settings, list only the two main ones) Setting #1: Time frame: Bad John's last years, living in a nursing home. Reason for using this setting: I think that this is the perfect to begin to show Bad John's relationship with his daughter Matilda. Setting #2: Time frame: Matilda's young years (10-18). The haunted across the river. Reason for using this setting: These are the main events that create who each person in the family becomes. What is the main complication of the story (the central problem that must be solved by the main character)? Living with the fear of both the spirits in the family, and the one she feels lives and acts in and through her father. What are the primary obstacles preventing the main character from achieving his or her goal? Family ties can not be broken is a moral that she holds above her own personal safty. How is the story resolved for the main characters (how does it end)? She begins her own family, but still keeps contact with John. She still loves him, and now she sees him as a child himself. Take the rest of this page to summarize in present-tense narrative, your story idea. The story begins with Bad John no longer being able to care for him self. Then it goes back in time to describe who he was with everyone before the time spent in the haunted house and the time after. This is one novel that tells a story that will keep you guessing if it is truth or fiction. Wednesday, Oct. 03 - MARKETING EXERCISE Describe your target audience. Identify a demographic profile including gender, race, age, disabilities, mobility, home ownership, employment status, education, income level, marital status, location and other commonly evaluated data. Explain in detail what aspects of your novel will appeal to this particular audience and why. Identify a demographic gender Girls that are looking for their father's acceptance. Matilda works hard to be a “good girl”. race any age 12 and up education John had very little education, and this gives him hardships that he would not have had if he had gone to school. income level poor to middle class because the family in the story is very poor, and have to understand the world around them that is middle class. Thursday, Oct. 04 - DRAMATIS PERSONAE Draft a list of your characters and write a brief profile on each one (first and last name, age, occupation or relation to main character(s) and rough physical description.) Keep your list handy for future updates throughout the Prep. B ad John Main character. His mother is believed to be a witch. His father was a moon shinner. He was the oldest of seven children. Survived from fighting and the land. He grew to love the taste of his own blood. Lost compassion nearly before he could walk. Matilda Bad John's oldest known daughter. She is a peace keeper. She is picked on at school for being so different, and she tries to rationalize reasons that people treated her the way that they did. Rose Second daughter of John. She loves to fight, and as she grows she creates different personalities. She lives in her own world functioning in ours. Sis Bad John's youngest daughter. She is fiery. She controls Matilda. Matilda is four years older than Sis, and Sis sees her as her second mother. Sis fights easily, but very shy. She is tiny, and being cute gets her out of trouble due to her temper. Mother Submissive to Bad John. She loves her daughters, and spends much of there alone time studying the Bible. They sing together, but unable to do much physical play together due to the mother illness. Ghost one She calls for her daughter ADA, and puts a scare in Mother. The family finds out that She had lost nine children, and ADA was her youngest. The only child that lived to be two. He grave and those of her children was right up the road from Matilda's home. Lilly Bad John's Mother. She is believed by her son to be a witch, and the stories were told to his daughters. She told Bad John's wife that he would go mad when he became forty. *** NEED CHARACTER NAMES? See the name generators at the bottom of the calendar. My words are ways to leave peices of myself behind for my children.
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