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SUMMARY:My Once Upon a Time\, Lesson 7: The Full Draft--Bookends
DESCRIPTION:Lesson 7 — The Full Draft: Book Ends \n\n\n\nWhat we learned today:  Professional writers often write the first and last sentences last — because you cannot write the best opening for a story you haven’t written yet\, and you cannot write the best closing until you know what the story has earned. The opening sentence puts the reader inside a moment already happening. The closing line answers the question the opening sentence quietly asks. It does not explain or summarize — it lands. \n\n\n\nWhat we practiced:  We wrote our opening sentence by looking at our photograph and finding the moment just before it was taken. We assembled our complete first draft using our opening sentence\, Story Arc sheet\, and core scene. We then wrote our closing line by reading our opening sentence and asking what question it raises — and answering it. \n\n\n\nWhat belongs in your Story Notebook from this lesson:  Opening sentence — specific\, present\, already happening; Complete first draft — 400–500 words; Three possible closing lines — strongest circled \n\n\n\nMentor text used:  The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland — an object carries a family’s history across generations. \n\n\n\nIf you missed this class\, do this first:  Look at your photograph. Find the moment just before it was taken and write one sentence that puts your reader inside that moment. Use your Story Arc sheet as a blueprint and your core scene as the heart to write your complete first draft. Then read your opening sentence and write a closing line that answers the question it quietly asks. Use the sentence frame if needed: After that\, ____________ was never quite the same. Send a picture of your completed draft to Ann\, Angela\, and Lori in the WhatsApp group chat before Lesson 8.
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