by Mike Petry | Jan 23, 2016 | Mike's Blog
Today in my ‘Writing for Life’ class with Kristine Backes, one of our prompt exercises was to pick some cards that depict something using our five senses mine was Pink Fuzzy Lint. What the hell? This is what I wrote. We had eight minutes to complete and...
by Mike Petry | Jan 21, 2016 | Mike's Blog
On Tuesday this week in my class we discussed Setting and Time. The time element is broken down into: Setting Era – does your story take place a long time ago, is it current day, or does it take place in the future? Setting Season – what season is it and...
by Mike Petry | Jan 16, 2016 | Mike's Blog
Flat or two-dimensional vs. three-dimensional characters. I finished the last book in Michael Grant’s Gone series. The great thing about a series that has six books is the character development. We often get to see a lot of characters that have...
by Mike Petry | Jan 13, 2016 | Mike's Blog
This afternoon I had the great opportunity to teach a dozen brilliant homeschooled kids. Today’s class was on Point of View (POV) and more specifically what is first person, second person, and third person POV. The kids ranged from 8-16 years old. This is a...
by Mike Petry | Jan 11, 2016 | Mike's Blog
I finished the fifth book, Fear, in the Gone series by Michael Grant. One of the things that I like about how he writes his book is the use of a count down for chapter headings. For example in the last book of the series, Light, I’m on chapter six. It states 73...
