oct 15, 2014

Wednesday, Oct. 15

Required: Outline Revision #2 ▼



The second draft of your outline.

Options:

Using traditional outlining or index cards, write your climax and several key conflicts/disasters.

The Snowflake Method  : Expand your sentence to a paragraph. Include the beginning, conflicts/disasters, climax, and end.



*** NEED DISASTERS? See the Plot Twists generator at the bottom of the calendar. 



Outline

of

Generation Witch

Q.          Meet Sarah

This chapter’s scenes are about Sarah. It is based on the conflicts that is going on in her family. Most of the chapter happens in the family’s home. There is another scene where she and J.J. is separated.



3.          We meet Sarah’s family



IV.          Edward becomes a drunk

1.  He begins to drink when he loses his job as a transportation specialist in New York

2. They move from the big city to a little community hoping for a better life on a farm.



V.          Emma hangs herself



1.  Emma gets lonely because she has left all her friends and way of life behind

2. No one notices that she is getting more and more depressed

3. Sarah is thirteen when she found Emma hung on the clothes line in their back yard



VI.          Lee and Jack once loving brothers are growing up abusing her.



1. Sarah played with her brothers in the hills and the long roads

2. After the death of their mother, the boys are angry because Sarah was the one to find their mother and they do as they would to her… sexual and other wise

4.           Meet J.J

vi.          Sarah and J.J get married

1.  J.J. is a friend of Lee

2.  J.J. is about four years older than she is

3.  Sarah was about to give up when J.J. befriends her

vii.          You meet J.J.’s parents



1. His father is James Johnson a pastor

2. They are black



viii.          Both families find out and find them the morning after

1. the couple was awaken from their wedding night with banging on the motel door.

ix.          They are beaten and Sarah agrees not to see her husband

1. Sarah is knocked across the room

2. J.J. is beaten while Sarah is pleading for them to stop beating J.J.

3. She makes the agreement not to ever see J.J. again.



x.          James sends J.J. out of state

1.          I want to create a scene of J.J. trying to contact Sarah and cannot find her

2.          A scene of him getting on the plane



R.          Mistresses Zodiac

First scene is of Sarah being homeless, and she meets Mark. She lives at their house. There she cares for their twin daughters. There is an emotional scene in the children’s bedroom. A later scene is meeting Anna. Last scene of this chapter is finding the coven, and giving birth to a daughter during a ritual.



2.          Sarah is homeless and pregnant

VII.          She uses local media and library to search for help for her child

1.          She searches for housing, government programs, and work



VIII.          meets Mark and his wife Carol

1. Mark notices that she was desperate

2. Carol was a naive trusting woman



IX.          She becomes a live in babysitter for their twins

1. Sarah gets close to the children as she watches them



X.          Mark rapes her in the children’s bedroom

1. Sarah is pushed up against a dresser



2.          Sarah cannot react because she didn’t want the children traumatized by what their dad is doing.



XI.          Sarah leaves Mark and Carol we meet Anna

1.          I am not sure where they meet. I am thinking about on a city bus.

XII.          Anna takes Sarah to the Mistresses Zodiac

1.          Describe the long dirt road and the walk to the coven

2.          Describe the room she is taken to

3.          Describe Willow and the people that she meats

S.          Matilda

The scenes are going to happen in the coven and the forest around it. Matilda will be defined as a child and a preteen in this chapter.



vi.          Born in a witch ritual

1.          Describe where the ritual is performed

2.          Who all is there

3.          Way the women are dressed

4.          Spell cast

5.          The way the baby is handled



vii.          Her physical descriptions as a child

1. Does she have hair at birth

2. Matilda has blond ringlets as a toddle that changes to brown the older she gets and dark skin

3. She is a confident and happy child



viii.          Anna explains how she nursed her son off animals

1. Anna is Damion’s mother who is four when Matilda is born

2. She breast fed her son from her own breasts and those of wolves, dogs, cattle, goats, and pigs

3. She chose this type of nursing for her child to create a bond between him and animals.. to have power over them



ix.          She visits rituals

1. Matilda’s first ritual mentioned that she attended was the night in the birch forest looking for a branch

2. Show Matilda dancing with the others during a full moon celebration



x.          She plays with Damion

1. They run and hide, they play casting spells, they build tents



T.          Matilda’s Power

Matilda learns her craft under the supervision of her mother Rose, Anna, and Willow



v.          Willow allowed Matilda to attend rituals, participate in them

1. as above describe the rituals



vi.          Anna teaches Matilda simple potion spells

1. Create some recipes that can be used as potions

2. Explain how the potion is used and who she has made them for

3. Explain what happened when the person uses them



vii.          Sarah works with her daughter on chants

1. Make up some poetry to use for the chants and spells for Matilda to cast



viii.          These three test Matilda to find her placement in the coven

1. Tell how each choses to test her

2. Create a title or nick name that gives her a ranking in the coven

3. Show her actions toward growth



U.          Damion/Matilda

The scene takes place in the forest. They marry in the ash circle surrounded by birch trees in a ritual performed by Willow. These scenes are graphic-sexy scenes. After the wedding, Damion has to take the virginity of the girls over nineteen over the time of seven nights. The last scene is of the couple moving into their new home.

v.          Begins by Describing the wedding ceremony

1. Describe wedding ritual dialog

2. Describe alter

3. Describe dress of all



vi.          Each mother readies the other mother’s child for the ritual

1. Each mother gives permission for the union

2. Bride’s mother then stands behind groom, groom’s stands behind the bride

3. mothers lead the couple to the alter and undresses them for the consummation



vii.          The couple consummate their marriage on the alter

1. Dancing and chanting throughout the area of birch trees

2. Each person touches the couple while they are having sex on the alter as a blessing

3. All actions of the ceremony is to heighten the chances of conceiving during the ceremony to create stronger powers in the child

4. Wedding ceremony will take place over the time span of seven days



viii.          The groom has to take the virginity of the girls over 25 in the coven with in the week wedding ritual

1. There are 13 virgins

2. The virgins visit the groom mostly while bride sleeps

3. Special potions are taken by virgins and bride at times of nerves

4. Sometime there are two women with groom on the alter at a time

5. The last virgin was taken with bride



V.          Matilda’s Twins

This chapter is about Matilda and Damion welcoming their twins in the same circle that Matilda and Damion had conceived them during their wedding night.

iv.          Chapter starts with the couple in the doctor’s office, and holding hands as they find out about having twins

1. This isn’t something that most witches do

2. The reason for the visit is that Sarah suspects that there is something different in her daughter’s pregnancy

3. Dr. gives news about two heart beats



v.          Paragraph about the babies’ relationship in the womb

1. Holding hands in sonogram



vi.          The babies as toddlers and young children

1. Though both were conceived from one egg they look different

2. Mary has red hair and looks more like Sarah Mercy has blond ringlets



W.          Twins Dedication

First scene: The twins are three when Matilda and Damion meet Reverend Dallas at a farmer’s market. Another scene where the family has decided to visit the church

iii.          Getting the kids ready for church…

iv.          Thinking about combining this chapter with the chapter above



X.          Reverend Dallas

First scene: The twins are three when Matilda and Damion meet Reverend Dallas at a farmer’s market. Another scene where the family has decided to visit the church….. Getting the kids ready for church…

v.          His real name is Christian Rayvon Wright met Matilda and her family at the fruit market.

1.          He has long hair pulled back in a ponytail.

2.          goatee beard

3.          muscular arms with tattoos on both above the elbow

a.          right arm picture of praying hands “Jesus Saves”

b.          left arm, there was a picture of the crucifixion with a date. The date was the date that he was re-born a Christian.

vi.          ten gallon hat with a large Eagle feather in the band

vii.          describes breakfast and challenges of getting toddlers ready for church

viii.          Twins behavior in their first Sunday school class

1.          Questions about bible about their lessons at home

2.          Church gave girls a Book of Bible Stories



Y.          Christianity

ii.          This scene will be of the battle in Matilda’s heart between her loyalties of witchcraft in which she was raised and the God she has grown to love.

1.          looks like

2.          what the family felt

3.          Matilda giving her life to the lord



Z.          Family Leave

First scene is of Matilda packing to leave the coven. She is packing the children’s things when she has to explain her change of religion to Willow and Sarah.

ii.          Conversation with Willow and Sarah around her table

iii.          The tearful good byes between the women and children

1.          Anna has a hidden anger about her grandchildren leaving the coven

a.          Anna gives Mercy a talisman

i.          The wooden doll has a spell to bring her back to the coven one day

iv.          The trip to back to New York to new church

         



AA.          Twins go to School

Scenes Matilda leaving the girls at their first day at Christian Fellowship Pre-school. This will be a memory, and then the will end with Matilda and Damion sitting at their elementary graduation.

iv.          The girls have an easy time separating from Matilda

v.          Matilda didn’t have such an easy time

1.          Matilda sat in her car watching them enter school with tears in her eyes

vi.          The girls are dressed different in shinny dresses

1.          Mary in pink silk

a.          Hair back in a braid

2.          Mercy black “fake” leather

a.          Hair hanging in ringlets







BB.          Twins Learn the Past

The first scene will be of Mercy finding a letter from Sarah to Matilda in an old box while playing in the basement. This scene will describe the basement, contents of the box, and a book of Matilda’s young spells.

iv.          Mercy reads the yellowing paper

1.          Sarah was explaining to Matilda how to get a birth certificate since she was born in the coven with no record

v.          Mercy takes the letters to Mary

1.          Mary wants to talk to Matilda, but Mercy doesn’t

vi.          We find out what the basement looks like

1.          Pool table

2.          Sectional table

3.          Fire place

4.          A room used for storage

a.          This is the where the box is found

i.          A cigar box tied with a black and gold silk ribbon

b.          The book was in the bottom of the cigar box

i.          A leather journal with hand written poetry at first glance (spells)



CC.          Mercy Goes Away

iii.          Mercy pleads with her sister to go in look for their past at the coven

iv.          Mercy cannot get Mary to search for the coven with her

a.          Instead Mary turns to Rev Dallas



DD.          Mercy and Willow

Scene is of Mercy serving Willow dinner after being accepting into the coven for over three weeks.  Another scene is of Willow dying, and Mercy hiding the body.

iv.          When Mercy comes to the coven

1.          Sarah takes her into her house

2.          Willow teaches her how to use powers, potions, spells

v.          In exchange for her teaching Mercy cooks and cleans for Willow

1.          Mercy brings Willow her dinner and a glass of berry wine each evening before going home to Sarah

2.          Mercy is placing a poison potion from Willow’s own cabinet into her drink every evening.

vi.          Willow begins to run a high fever

1.          Mercy cares for her while keeping the illness of Willow secret

2.          Mercy is telling that Willow is getting ready to go for a journey to help start another coven

a.          When Willow dies, Mercy tells the coven that Willow has ordained her to be the Mistresses Mother



EE.          Mary Pleas

Scene: Mary visits her sister at the coven. There she finds that Willow’s role in the coven was now Mercy. She begs Mercy to give up witchery, and come home to the church with her. Another scene is of Mercy trying to cast a spell on her sister. Scene: Mary visits her pastor for advice.

v.          Mary finds Mercy ruling the coven in Willow’s place

vi.          Conversation between the sisters

vii.          Mercy get angry and sends Mary away harshly

1.          Sarah asks Mary not to come back for fear Mercy would kill Mary

2.          Mary tries to get Sarah to repent and go to church with her

viii.          In this chapter we have a lot of scriptures given against witches given to Mary from Dallas



FF.          The Final Fire

First scene is of Mary in her grandmother’s room. The last scene is of the after math of the burning of the coven. I am not sure what direction and twist that I will add here. I am sure that it will make some changes.          

iv.          Description of Sarah’s room

v.          A better description of the coven

1.          The houses

2.          The moon

3.          shadows

vi.          Some trap for Mercy so that Mary can confine her in the burning coven          

I may have Matilda to realize what is happening and for fear of Mary’s life be casting a protection spell behind the scenes at her house.