https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u Study the narrative scoring rubric and add your thoughts to the categories below. Title your posts with "do" or "don't" and your name! en-us 2021-02-25 00:33:44 UTC 2021-02-25 18:59:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242656348 Do: make sure your story has a clear defining moment.]]> 2021-02-25 18:44:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242656348 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242656871 Jessica ]]> 2021-02-25 18:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242656871 9272136 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242658831 Don't: assume the reader will know about your backstory or motivations unless you tell them. 
DO: give context to actions and statements you make if necessary. ]]> 2021-02-25 18:45:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242658831 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242659192 Do show how the character was at the beginning and the end, in order to see how the character changed 

Don't leave the characteristics (what they look like/act like) of the character up to the reader, show them instead]]> 2021-02-25 18:45:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242659192 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242659601 DO: Write a universal theme that is conveyed throughout the story and is not specifically stated.]]> 2021-02-25 18:45:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242659601 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242660468 Don't: tell a collection of unconnected stories.]]> 2021-02-25 18:45:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242660468 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242660746 Don't make the theme very specific so that a lesson can be developed and related to throughout the story]]> 2021-02-25 18:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242660746 igus2005 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242662498 do: add ".." and  try to add at least 2 back and forth between the characters]]> 2021-02-25 18:45:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242662498 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242663029 Do: Develop your character using internal thoughts.]]> 2021-02-25 18:45:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242663029 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242664221 Make a paragraph for each dialogue line]]> 2021-02-25 18:46:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242664221 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242664740 Do: put a new paragraph with each piece of dialogue ]]> 2021-02-25 18:46:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242664740 9272136 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242665549 Do: use sensory details when appropriate 
Don't: state or explain settings that can be described and shown]]> 2021-02-25 18:46:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242665549 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242666327 Don't: have your story consist of nothing but description and no feelings.]]> 2021-02-25 18:46:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242666327 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242670556 Do: Have good description be brief in it]]> 2021-02-25 18:47:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242670556 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242670575 Do: use imagery and vivid diction]]> 2021-02-25 18:47:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242670575 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242670895 Don't make dialogue just to have it, use the dialogue to develop characters in a scene]]> 2021-02-25 18:47:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242670895 igus2005 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242671301 don't add sides stories that have nothing to do with the story that is being told]]> 2021-02-25 18:47:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242671301 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242673078 Don't: describe everything flatly with simple terms]]> 2021-02-25 18:47:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242673078 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242673748 Do write from the same perspective the whole time
Don't write in different tenses (present past etc)]]> 2021-02-25 18:47:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242673748 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242675353 Do: use proper formatting]]> 2021-02-25 18:48:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242675353 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242675574 Do: Use imagery and try and get the reader to really get a full picture of the defining moment and allowing them to imagine what happened.
Don't: Don't describe the details so bland-like and making it so simple and boring. Be descriptive and try and get the reader to enjoy every piece of the moment.]]> 2021-02-25 18:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242675574 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242676399 Dont: put your “emotions” or what you are doing inside of the parentheses  ]]> 2021-02-25 18:48:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242676399 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242676475 Do: Make the theme nice and short so you don't add to much information about the story/give it away.]]> 2021-02-25 18:48:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242676475 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242676656 Don't: Make your dialogue seem forced.]]> 2021-02-25 18:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242676656 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242678297 Do: have a consistent theme running though your story]]> 2021-02-25 18:48:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242678297 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242679573 Do use imagery and figurine language to describe the scene and characters 
Don't just tell the readers what the character and scene look like]]> 2021-02-25 18:48:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242679573 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242680682 Don't: jump around with no discernible theme]]> 2021-02-25 18:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242680682 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242682231 Do: Use the proper formatting for dialog ("...") & make sure to include who said what.
Don't: Bunch up your dialog together, & not include who was speaking. ]]> 2021-02-25 18:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242682231 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242682452 2021-02-25 18:49:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242682452 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242684992 Do use correct punctuation 
Don't use dialogue that doesn't tell a story or continue the theme]]> 2021-02-25 18:49:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242684992 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242686758 Do make the structure and the POV interesting and descriptive giving the reader your exact point of view as if the reader was experiencing the defining moment themselves.
Don't not include your point of view. It won't allow the reader to have a full connection with the character in the defining moment because they aren't understanding what the character is experiencing.]]> 2021-02-25 18:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242686758 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242689526 Do make sure you have an interesting hook to keep your reader interested in your story.]]> 2021-02-25 18:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242689526 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242692561 Do be clear as to what your theme is by telling an appropriate story
Don't develop your theme in only one part of your writing ]]> 2021-02-25 18:51:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242692561 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242697100 Do: Do show and expressing your feelings and how you felt during your defining moment. Explain how you felt, why you felt that way, what made you feel that way, etc.
Don't: Don't make the story emotionless. ]]> 2021-02-25 18:52:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242697100 JaydenHumphreyy https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242697378 Do: Write your story with good dialogue and context so the reader can get understand what story is about without actually getting told what its about]]> 2021-02-25 18:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242697378 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242701370 Don't spend the entire story narrating]]> 2021-02-25 18:53:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242701370 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242705195 Do: Do add dialogue's in proper formatting and make sure to include who said what. 
Don't: Don't make your dialogue seem informal. Don't make it seem like your being forced to use dialogue. Use it at appropriate times that fit well with the story timeline.]]> 2021-02-25 18:53:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242705195 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242706756 Do: Make sure your theme is connected to the story. 
Don't: Create a theme based on actions or persons behavior]]> 2021-02-25 18:54:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242706756 https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242713616 Do: Make sure that your theme is clear and the reader can get the message easily.
Don't: Don't have multiple themes in one. Don't allow the theme to be completely different and not connected to the story.]]> 2021-02-25 18:55:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jennapostler/irrkq883ygk7ii3u/wish/1242713616