SWC Daily 2--Structure Writing

Instructions

Here's my detailed plan/essay about a book I've been planning for quite some time but wasn't sure what it would be about (includes, main character, setting, plot, few ideas, beginning, middle, and ending )(I haven't named it yet tho): Main Character: Lisa Jordan, an insecure, 11-year old girl Setting: NYC (a very busy city that can be frightening and unfamiliar for Lisa) and then ‘Later’ (a magical land in which the main plot will take place in) Plot: Lisa walks home from her first day at school, and happens to see birds that the other kid walking next to her can’t see. She then tries to reach out for one, and finds herself in a white room. Or is it blue? Or is it a land? And it smells like pizza. Or does it? All her senses are blocked: everything is an illusion. And here’s why: The ruler of ‘Later’ (called Sky) has been captured by her evil brother Arius , and her key to the box of ‘Later’ (a magical box that keeps Later running, and is crucial to the survival of the creatures) has been taken from her. Lisa must find courage from deep inside herself to work with a grumpy macaw called Eli, and find the box AND steal the key before Arius does, or ‘Later’ will be plunged into darkness. BTW: My plan is that the whole point of Later is to keep the rainforests alive. (That’s what all the birds are for) The birds go out of Later, filled with life, and put that life into rainforests so they stay healthy, but without ‘Later’, the rainforests will die, and so will the birds. Beginning: Lisa starts reading out some writing she wrote about herself to her new class at school, but ends up panicking too much and sits down at her seat, with only one word said: um. Lunch doesn’t go too well either; the ‘cool’ kids call her ‘quiverfingers’ and laughed at her, which leads to her storming out of the school and muttering that she’d never come back again (SPOILER: she will if I make this book into a series). But one other kid comes with her: the only kid that felt sorry for her, called Shelly. On their way out, we learn that Lisa is from Norfolk(England), and has no experience in big cities, and was homeschooled until her mum got a job opportunity in NYC that she couldn’t turn down. Then Lisa starts seeing birds, which Shelly can’t see. When Lisa reaches for one, she falls into Later. Middle: (read my plot)In this, Lisa starts overcoming her fears (just like she starts trying to cope with Eli’s grumpy behaviour) Ending: Lisa finds the box and key, and locks Arius inside a dungeon chamber in ‘Later’. She also returns back to NYC and her school, where she stands up for herself, and also takes up photography as a hobby! A few months later, she starts seeing injured birds in her pictures, and needs to find out what happened. (Lead on to book 2)