Sub Topics:
Acting:
- Actors and Character connection
- Bringing a Book to Life (On stage or Movie)
- Become a Character to Write a Character
- Are authors like actors?
Emotions
- What is it about a book that makes us cry?
- What makes us get attached to Characters?
- What makes us worry about Characters?
- How to Authors convey emotions without telling the reader?
Characters
- How are characters made (creation of characters)
- What makes a character different from real people? "The difference between reality and fiction? Fiction has to make sense."
- Do we pick up books because we feel some kind of connection to characters?
- Character emotions and Human emotions
- Connection between Reader and Character (like them? not like them?)
"Getting Lost in a Book"
- How to people "get lost in a book"?
- What makes people "get lost in a book"?
- What type of language is used to create a book that one can "get lost in"?
- Is it the characters that get us "lost in the book? The writing? The setting? The plot? All of them?
Writing:
- How do children's book differ in writing than young adult or adult?
- Can children's books stand by themselves? Or do they need pictures?
- How are characters written? (writing of characters)
Young Adult Literature:
- What makes a book "young adult"? What makes up a young adult book?
- What situations are used in young adult books?
- Why are young adult books really popular right now?
- What is it about young adult books that we connect to?
- What types of characters are in young adult books?
- What types of emotions are in young adult books?
Research I found on some topics:
Characters and Emotions:
Name- Alex Neill
Getting Lost in a Book:
What makes a book young adult:
Why do books make us cry?
Authors and Acting:
Lots of stuff on how to write a character in fiction
Finding a lot on adults buying young adult novels?? Maybe there is a research topic here?
I'm not sure what I want to write about. There are so many things... These are my ideas and some things I found on some of those topics.
I know I didn't really follow the rules of the worksheet, but I'm still not sure what I want to write about. I was hoping writing down all of the things I thought of writing about would help, but so far I have not been very successful. I feel like the more I find, the more things I want to write about or research. I'm pretty lost right now.
*Added*
Maybe what young adult books make people cry and why? Are there similarities? Characteristics?
*Added*
Maybe what young adult books make people cry and why? Are there similarities? Characteristics?
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