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Once you have drafted the story message and researched the target audience, the next step is beginning to build the creative components of the story. You will need to know the details of at least one main character before you can move on to developing the plot of the story itself.
Prompt
Create a sketch for one main character for a story. Use descriptive language to show rather than tell the attributes of the character. Your character may be related to the work you completed for the story pitch for Milestone One or it can also be completely unrelated to that story pitch.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
· In a sketch of one main character, identify and describe the following:
· The
role of the chosen main character in the story
· The
physical and non-physical attributes of the chosen main character
· The
character traits of the chosen main character
· The character’s
background, including significant events that occurred in the chosen main character’s past
· The
motivations and ambitions of the chosen main character
Guidelines for Submission
This assignment must be approximately 250 to 500 words in length and submitted as a Microsoft Word document. Resources are not required. Any resources used must be cited in APA format.
Supporting Materials
The following resource may help support your work on the milestone:
Template:
Character Sketch Template
This template includes an outline of many of the characteristics and details that you can include in your character sketch. You are not required to use or submit this template for grading to create your character sketch.
Once you have drafted the story message and researched the target audience, the next step is beginning to build the creative components of the story. You will need to know the details of the world that the story will exist in before you can move on to developing the plot of the story itself.
Prompt
Create a sketch for one story’s world. Use descriptive language to show rather than tell the attributes of the world. Your world may be related to the work you completed for the story pitch for Milestone One or it can also be completely unrelated to that story pitch.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
· In a sketch of one story’s world, identify and describe the following:
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Inhabitants of the chosen world (such as cultural, racial, or ethnic groups; animal, botanical, or non-human inhabitants; previous or extinct inhabitants; relationships among the inhabitants, etc.)
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Physical and non-physical landscapes that exist in the chosen world (such as ecosystems, proximity to other worlds, atmosphere, terrain, urban and rural areas, buildings and infrastructure, as well as how the world looks, sounds, smells, tastes, and feels to inhabitants, etc.)
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Major points of interest in the chosen world (such as cities, historical landmarks, geological features, popular establishments, etc.)
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Important historical events that have occurred in the chosen world (such as notable leaders and forms of governments; important world, environmental, or religious events; notable disasters (natural or inhabitant-made), etc.)
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Major conflicts that currently exist in the chosen world (such as between or within groups of inhabitants, against other worlds, etc.)
Guidelines for Submission
This assignment must be approximately 250 to 500 words in length and submitted as a Microsoft Word document. Resources are not required. Any resources used must be cited in APA format.
Supporting Materials
The following resources may help support your work on the milestone:
Template:
World Sketch Template
This template includes an outline of many of the characteristics and details that you can include in your world sketch. You are not required to use or submit this template for grading to create your world sketch.
Website:
7 Deadly Sins of Worldbuilding
This website describes what worldbuilding is in more depth by listing major errors that writers tend to make when creating the world of their story.