This week’s retrospective post looks at how to use mentor texts to experiment with your own writing. @laurelh analyzes @mimi_albert & #39;s HAZEL WOOD opening as an example (first 7 paragraphs): http://bit.ly/KLC2A3W ">https://bit.ly/KLC2A3W&q... This thread summarizes the first 3 paragraphs. #kidlitcraft 1/6

Analyze a piece of a favorite novel and build a template that breaks down how it works #kidlitcraft 2/6

For example, Paragraph One of HAZEL WOOD vividly brings to life a belief or memory that reveals something about protagonist’s personality and voice AND is relevant to novel’s main theme. #kidlitcraft 3/6

Paragraph Two builds on the backstory in para one and uses the last sentence to deliver a detail that sets up a problem. #kidlitcraft 4/6

Paragraph Three pays off the set up in the first two paragraphs with a dramatic problem that is relevant to the larger story and builds empathy for protagonist, using details that create intrigue and foreshadow what is to come. #kidlitcraft 5/6

For full craft analysis of first seven paragraphs in @mimi_albert ‘s HAZEL WOOD, go to https://bit.ly/KLC2A3W .">https://bit.ly/KLC2A3W&q... #kidlitcraft 6/6