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Favorite Author Chapter Template

I asked my four (4) students to meet me in the lounge yesterday for orientation. Would you believe they all showed up.
Is that an encouraging sign or what?

Prior to the class starting I have asked them to prepare a Favorite Author Chapter Template. This one is from Book one, Game of Thrones, chapter 1, Bran.

There were approximately 3,250 words in the chapter. Below, numbered 1-7 is the chapter template.

1. Backstory: 200 words 6%
2. Character Development: 400 words 12%
3. Scene Setting: 400 words 12%
4. Exposition that moves the story: 1000 words 31%
5. Dialogue that moves the story: 1150 words 35%
6. Foreshadowing: 50 Words 2%
7. Symbolism: 50 Words 2%

The reason I have the students do this is because if I don't I tend to get a really skewed distribution on the early vignettes that will treat one component to the exclusion of the others. It is a good exercise before you begin writing a longer work to do one of these on a chapter of one of your favorite author's works.