Fictionsmith Family

I hope you had a fantastic movie night and came up with some ideas for your story and what kind of character you might want to write about. Did you figure out what they wanted, what was stopping them, and how they realized what it was they really needed?Now, interesting characters are great, but they don't exist against a blank background. They're in a place, maybe a world like our own or something a bit different. They could have laser swords on space stations or live on a farm in the past. It's

Welcome to the weekend, or whenever you’re watching this video through the magic of time travel!Now, the way I’m structuring this is that there are two lessons and activities during the weekdays are shorter to account for any work days or school or extracurricular activities. But the weekend task is something a little bit longer, and hopefully something extra fun to look forward to.So this weekend, let's plan a movie night at home.If you want to make a big trip to the theater to see something you've

Welcome back! Hopefully you’re starting this up having spent some time together learning about each other’s favorite stories... and maybe learned a little bit about each other.Let's see what common ground the favorite stories share. Adventure? Humor? A really cool world where the story unfolds? We call that world building (which we’ll cover later). Is there a genre or a type of story you both like? Fantasy, science-fiction, mystery, historical, or something else?Pretty soon we're going to start

I hope the bracket exercise was as fun for you as it has been for my family and that there weren't too many arguments along the way.But if there were arguments, or any of you felt particularly strongly about one character over another, I want you to pay attention to why you cared so deeply. Maybe the character was from a book, film, or game that connected deeply with you. Maybe it brought back a wave of nostalgia over how you felt and how that story connects you to a certain point in your life.The

Welcome to the Summer Writing Project, or as I like to call it The Society of Time Travelers! I am genuinely so excited that you've joined us on this storytelling journey. I know it can be hard to find time in your day to do things like this.First off, why am I calling this The Society of Time Travelers? Well, as far as we know, the only way to travel in time is forward, one second, then another, so on and so forth. Every decision we make today will impact our tomorrow, just like every yesterday has