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Peer edit: first page Focus on: 1) "exploding" the detail/vivid imagery--help each other make your writing as powerful as possible 2) hooks--help each other create a hook that grabs the reader's attention

Visual component of your memoir: You will be creating 3-4 visuals to accompany your memoir. The goal in creating these images is to connect the reader to key moments in your story. These moments might enhance characterization, setting, purpose/"so what", or key moments of transformation. Consider the ways that you can tap into symbolism or metaphor here. Maybe you create an images that details literal events, but also uses symbols or elements that reveal a symbolic level too.

Here are a few templates you can use to create the images:

Here's my sample:


 * You can create your own structure if you'd like, but each image needs to have a direct line or two from your piece that it connects with and any dialogue you use in the images must also appear in your memoir.

Ask to see some sample graphic novel excerpts in class. We spent some time looking at samples and discussing how the authors created meaning with images.

Work time, storyboarding

HW: By Monday, you should come to class with at least two pages of your memoir written, and two of your images created.