Writing
Class
A C C E S S P R O G R A M
T . C I T L A L Y
Answer
What character did you create
last time?
What inspired you to create it?
What is its story?
Read, Imagine
and Check
Story Sequence
Context (Where)
Characters
Clear ideas
Dialogue
The Study Plan
Characters:
– A procrastinating student
Lia
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Max – Her overachieving best friend
(Scene: Max walks in holding a stack of books.)
Max: "How’s the studying going?"
Lia: "Amazing! Look at this plan!"
Panel 1
(Scene: A bedroom. Lia is sitting on her bed with her
Panel 4
laptop open, snacks around her.)
(Max stares at the screen. Lia is now lying back, eating
Caption: Sunday, 4:00 PM
chips.)
Lia (thinking): "Okay. Time to start my study plan."
Max: "You made a plan to study... but didn’t actually
Lia (typing): "Step 1: Make a study plan."
study?"
Lia: "Details, Max. Details."
Panel 2
(Close-up of her screen: A colorful study schedule with
fancy fonts and emojis.)
Lia (thinking): "Wow. This is beautiful. I'm so productive!
The Day Nothing Happened Page 2 – Panel 1
(The same person is now holding … a bag? Hard to tell.)
Person: I have the thing. Or maybe it’s not the thing.
Page 1 – Panel 1 Offscreen Voice (???): Who said that?
(Wide shot of a park. No characters visible.)
Panel 2
Caption: It was a day like any other.
(Suddenly a robot appears, with no explanation.)
No dialogue.
Robot: Beep. Threat. Beep.
Panel 2
Person: Wait … what?
(Suddenly a person walks into the panel, but we
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don’t know who they are.)
Unknown Person: Uh … yeah. I guess I’m here now? (Both characters stare at each other.)
No dialogue.
Panel 3
(Close-up of the person’s foot.)
Page 3 – Panel 1
(Now it’s raining sandwiches. No setup or explanation.)
Caption: Feet.
Caption: And then... chaos?
Person: Not again!
Robot: I love Tuesdays.
Check yours
Edit
CHECK YOUR PARTNER
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Story Sequence
Context (Where)
Characters
Clear ideas
Dialogue
Continue
Rewrite and
check
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- Grammar Mistakes
- Sense
- Vocabulary
You finish?
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Teacher