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Using research to make your stories better! Week 14

Take a look at your novel and find a place where you can incorporate research—where you can use research to become even more precise in language and details Report how you plan to use the research in your story.  Some possible places to look:

Story: the 18th rule- Takes place in a world where children are mute until they turn 18 where the government has to physically "turn on" their ability to speak.

    • Landscape and setting--Flora and fauna-- Weather and Meteorology
  • Normal world and setting with more advancements. The ideology of humans is still the same but they experience a new type of normal that includes them letting their government control them. I can research places in the world where the government is more strict. If they control their ability to speak they must have more strict rules surrounding what they can and can't do as well. I can research countries that are more government-controlled and see where else the government controls them.
    • Character’s Occupations--Character’s Hobbies
  • Focuses more on her journey and not her as a person. Can incorporate her desire to speak and write more into the story as her having a "voice" and a say in the world is a big part of the story. In the very beginning where she is writing in her journal, I can incorporate this as a symbolism of her voice.
    • History and Historical Events
  • I can include the history of why they had their voices are taken away and the significance of silencing the youth.
    • Medical and Biological Information
  • I can go more in-depth about the medical procedure that happens when they get the injection that allows them to speak again.
    • Architecture and apparel-- Technical and scientific information
  • The science behind how they all are mute and them able to speak is important and I can explain it more at the end during the presentation
    • Culture and cultural events
  • Culture and events that happen and why their society is the way it is is important and reflects their broken government.




 

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