I Want Dessert!

“Conflict is when there are two or more people or forces that want the same thing or want to keep the other force or forces from doing or getting what they want. Think about the most exciting parts of the books you’ve read. You’ll find that those parts are the ones in which the most clearly defined.

This same situation is true in stories. People love to read about conflict in fact, all the stories are based on conflict because this is what stories are: incidents in which conflict is resolved.

 In this exercise you’ll have a chance to create a conflict and its outcome. This exercise has three parts. You will:

1. Create characters

2. Put the characters in opposition

3. Solve this conflict the characters have”

            Excerpt from Writing Strands Level 6, lesson #3, pg 13

Dear reader,

            I wrote this piece at the age of sixteen while learning about conflict. I hope that you find it interesting and informative. I did not change any of the original content except for punctuation. Without further ADO I give you…

Writing Strands Book 6 Lesson 1

I Want Desert!

Janet Williams had just finished setting the table when her husband Fred walked into the dining room from the pantry.

            Fred smiled with satisfaction and said, “Well, I just finished putting the last of the groceries away. How are things coming in the supper department?”