Day 18 Assignment 18: Create (brainstorm) a list of words that you associate with each word. (i.e. adjectives, verbs, and nouns). Next print out a scene you have already written and circle/highlight anything that helps set the tone of the scene. Next select a song for the “soundtrack” of this scene. (i.e. if the scene had theme/background music what would it sound like? What song would it be?) Lastly write two scenes where the main character discovers something one must be positive and the other negative.

So this assignment teaches tone. The book/scene’s tone is affected by the background, words you use, and the way your character sees the world. It was a good way of showing how tone can affect your story but personally I prefer to think of it this way:

 If your character is paranoid he isn’t going to walk through the park and hear lovely birds chirping and see a beautiful azure blue sky. That would ruin the feel of the book. Your book would literally fall out of character and would lose the audience’s attention. If the character is paranoid the book its self must have the feel of paranoia. Meaning the background, descriptions, words used by the character, and especially the way he sees other characters should reflect a level of paranoia.

 

	Ominous	Upbeat	Quirky	Manipulative	Mysterious	Obsessive
Adjectives (descriptive) Sort of…	Dark, gloomy, dangerous,  black, gray	Bright, happy, sunshine, yellow, pink, excited	Odd, strange, likeable, out there, unusual, funny	Harsh, alone, fearful, down, gray, red, strong, vicious	Mist, morning, evening, unknown, far away, not all there, reserved, tall, dark, handsome	Fat, lustful, needy, lonely, more, want, sickening
Verbs (action) …	Follow, Stalk, Sneak, Tie, glare, scowl, silent, creep mean	Bouncy, skip, walk, dance, laugh, talk, giggle, smile, kind	Stand tall, don’t care, kind, mean, stare, silly	Passive aggressive, violent, controlling, mean, in charge, pushy	Reserved, quiet, laid back, calm, aloof	Needy, clingy, wanting, lusting, demanding, fighting, exercise
Nouns (person, place, or thing) Please don’t ask.	(door to door) salesmen park, city, guard dogs, dark stair wells, woods, ocean, police	Waiters, mechanics, park, city, music store, investigators, friends	People, Las Vegas, Utah, parents, siblings, friends, animals	Men, Women, parents, friends, coworkers, boss, teachers, bullies, school, work	Men, women, mountains, the unknown, forest, city	Men, women, animals, food, library, gym, studio

 

Please don’t ask…it said to use my imagination so this is what I ended up with… bleh.

Part 2:

What is happening in the scene: It is a cold rainy night, and he is on the roof watching the cars drive away. The main character is miserable and is contemplating living and dying. He is horrified by the idea of dying but things have gotten so bad that it has become tempting. He accidently ends up in a situation where he could die, but he chooses to live. Once he is safe he decides not to give up just yet.

The song is “Headlights” by Bruce Aisher, Richard Salmon

Since I’ve promised not to give away anything from my story I won’t be posting the positive and negative scenes. I apologize for that, but I really don’t want anyone reading it until it has been perfected and completed.

So I just feel like writing or talking for a moment. You know I actually have to turn my internet/Wi-Fi off when I'm writing...I get distracted easily. I didn't realize how much this book was a teaching you how to write your novel as well as getting it written in 90 days...it's great but I am really starting to get anxious about working on my book.

I like reading books on writing I believe that you can always learn more. There isn't a limit on what your brain can contain...at least I hope there isn't. Haha anyways good night and hopefully tomorrow's assignment will be more interesting. :)

Day 18 CoMpLeTeD!