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Idea Mixer

A detail has a job. Choose its purpose, explore examples, then make a scene of your own.

Collect the pieces of a story

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Learning Focus Match a detail to a stated purpose. These choices do not grade artistic taste.
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Writing move and worked example

A separate worked example, not the scene below.

Character Detail

Target: show an action the inventor does repeatedly.

A young inventor is getting ready for the school showcase.

Which sentence names something she keeps doing?

These are five focused writing exercises, not rules for every story. Practice feedback is not an academic writing grade. Original scenes can use different details, viewpoints and endings.

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