COMMENTING PERIOD: Sunday, December 13 – Saturday, December 19, 2020, 11:59 P.M. PDT
ROUND ADMINISTRATOR: SapphireAlena
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After this round, we will take a 2-week break from December 20 through January 2 for the winter holidays. When we return on January 3, we will be in a new book, the third volume of the Wayfarer's Book Club.
Link to Volume 3 of Wayfarer's Lamppost Book Club which begins 3 January 2021 (in comments).
Thanks for being awesome members! We appreciate every one of you.
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NOTE: Please let your partners know when they have reached the climax of your book so that they can use the Climax Comment Topic. We will no longer be listing it on the rounds as the club has grown so large it is hard to keep track. Thank you.
COMMENT TOPIC:
Identify the Mini-Plot of the chapter and describe how the writer can make it bolder—more juicier. Be specific. Min. length: 3 sentences each chapter. Please post each response in the corresponding chapter.
META ANALYSIS (Each chapter, in-line comments, at least 5 per chapter):
👍 or THUMBS UP—Elaborate why you think so. (at least one time each chapter [1 MANDATORY per chapter])
☕ or NEEDS CAFFEINE—Elaborate why you think improvement is needed. (at least one time each chapter [1 MANDATORY per chapter])
💓 or HEART RACING (feeling excitement) [OPTIONAL]
😥 or TEARS (crying or feeling very emotional) [OPTIONAL]
❤ or HEART (love something, more than a thumbs up) [OPTIONAL]
😵 or CONFUSED (don't understand something) [OPTIONAL]
😂 or LAUGHING (made you laugh) [OPTIONAL]
ASSIGNMENTS:
Member: Partner Partner's Book - Chapters
ENFORCER: AmericanBruja
AloofFloof: HKelle Rise the Red Sun - Character 5 Analysis [See instructions, below]
AuthorJMColes: PictureXThisX Beyond the Wildlands - Character 3 Analysis [See instructions, below]
HKelle: AloofFloof Riven Isles - Character 2 Analysis [See instructions, below]
PictureXThisX: AuthorJMColes Betrayal: Away Mission Book 3 - Character 1 Analysis [See instructions, below]
ENFORCER: MichaelHoliday
TheTigerWriter: FlameSword-1 The Iron Pillars - 39, 40, 41
FlameSword01: TheTigerWriter The Choice of Aurvandil - 33, 34, 35
SektorV: IanReeve216 Angry Moon - 34a, 34b
IanReeve216: SektorV Enlightenment - 28, 29, 30
draphy: Red_Leasia New Elysium - A Small Bit of Justice, Run
Red_Leasie: draphy The Wings of Storm - 7.1, 7.2
JaxonBlacc: KellyJBurke Road Kill Vol. 1 - Fall in Line, Parts I and II
KellyJBurke: JaxonBlacc The Maad Doctor Vol. 1 - 10.2, 11, 12.1, 12.2
ENFORCER: SapphireAlena
brhr14: MauriceArh WIP - Emi's Room
MauriceArh: brhr14 Redemption: A Reylo Story - Once Joined, No Mercy, The Chosen One
JPJedi: CandyAtkins The Lost Knight - Character Analysis 1 [See below]
CandyAtkins: JPJedi Dark Hunter - Let's Get Out of Here, A Good Time to Wake-Up, As They Fall Asleep
Karinberry: Pomalo_ The Wish from Heaven - 4, 5, 6, 7
Pomalo_: Karinberry Black, Blue, and Dripping Red - 3, 4
AWAITING PARTNER:
FantasticalMadness
JohnThomas1616 (checking prospective partner)
RonASewell (checking prospective partner)
FIRST CHAPTERS INSTRUCTIONS:
First chapters are extremely important. They need to set the tone and entice the reader to read the rest of the book. Comment on the level of your engagement throughout the chapter. Did you find yourself skimming at times? Or were you hooked the entire way through? How was the author able to keep you engaged and/or how did the author lose you? Min. length: 3 sentences each chapter. Please post each response in the corresponding chapter.
CLIMAX TOPIC INSTRUCTIONS:
Was conflict clearly established, developed and resolved after a gripping climax? These are the works we remember. Think about the tense confrontation ending with these four words of Darth Vader to Luke Skywalker, "No, I am your father." The climax was gripping and the confrontation quite satisfying. Yet sometimes, the conflict is minimally established and resolved, lacking development. Evaluate the story's conflict and its resolution. Min. length: 6 sentences. Please post in the last chapter of this week's assignment.
CHARACTER ANALYSIS INSTRUCTIONS:
After finishing reading a book, you will spend the following five weeks analyzing the five major characters. (If the book does not have five characters, please inform the moderator for the week.) Taking a character each week (starting with the protagonist), analyze the character and his or her arc. Identify the character's strengths and flaws. Indicate how they have affected the outcome of the plot. Examine the character's dialogue. Specify which chapter or chapters were the best-written for the character. If something did not work, make sure to point it out kindly and with at least one suggestion on how to correct problem. Minimum length: 15 sentences. Please post the character analysis in the last chapter of the book.
PLOT ANALYSIS INSTRUCTIONS:
Analyze the plot structure of the book. Identify which chapters include the following plot locations: opening exposition, primary incident, rising action, climax, and conclusion. Not every book has a conclusion. Some end on the climax chapter. Identify how the tension and conflict led to the climax. If there is room for improvement in certain areas, identify them tactfully. If not, explain the techniques the author used to execute the plot. Minimum length: 15 sentences. Please post the plot analysis in the last chapter of the book.
REMINDERS:
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