Acronym for storyline
ACRONYM TO MEMORISE THE FORMAT AND STRUCTURE OF THE PIECE I AM WRITING
P- Pressure, describe what it feels like and what is happening
A- anxiety, the noise of the crowd, spiralling thoughts
T- teamate hyping up, internal freeze
F- flashback, last miss, failure, disappointment felt
S- shift, realisation that it all wasn’t that bad, the fear was a compass and not a cage
R- resolution, him stepping on the court, dribbling the leather ball, approaching the hoop, shooting the shot. Then talk about the feeling of scoring again.
Form
Narrative
Purpose
To reflect on the internal conflict
Audience
To self
Background of the narrative
Former basketball star player loses all his confidence from missing one pivotal shot
What perspective is the narrative being written from
3rd person.
Write about the guy. Not I.
Write about what he felt, not what I felt (like a personal standpoint)
P - part of acronym
Pressure, describe what it feels like and what is happening in depth
A - part of acronym
anxiety, the noise of the crowd, spiralling thoughts, is it all becoming too much
T - part of acronym
teamate hyping up, internal freeze
Include the dialogue of the mate, state how he felt in the moment
F - part of acronym
flashback, last miss, failure, disappointment felt - depth can be strong here
S - part of acronym
shift, realisation that it all wasn’t that bad, the fear was a compass and not a cage, include lots of maybe’s here
R - part of acronym
resolution, him stepping on the court, dribbling the leather ball, approaching the hoop, shooting the shot. Then talk about the feeling of scoring again.
