Check out the post on this website about killing off characters in your writing.  George RR Martin approved!

http://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/kill-a-character/

Writer's Notebooks are due this week!  See the list below for topics you should have written about before collection.

English 9:
9/30 Cloning plus story details
10/5 Wilson quote
10/7 Real monsters
10/14 Political process
10/19 Make a life; make a living
10/21 Life in 1948 in SRF
10/26 Strangest animal story
11/2 Creativity or Halloween or Nanowrimo
11/4 Jordan quote or choice from planner

English 8:
10/5 What does it mean to be a hero?
10/7 Halloween
10/14 Discussion questions on The Outsiders
10/19 Churchill quote
10/21 Advantages and disadvantages to living in Tulsa, OK in 1967
10/26 Story starter from literacyshed.com
11/2 Creativity and building a character questions
11/4 Jordan quote

English 7:
10/5 How to stop a bully
10/7 Disciplinary actions at SRF
10/14 Something you can make in the kitchen
10/19 "Mistatim"
10/21 Advantages and disadvantages to life on an Alaskan island like Cole
10/26 Literacy Shed starters
10/28 If you could be any animal
10/29 Poem response
11/2 Halloween
11/4 Jordan quote or any from your planner - respond

Links for ideas on starting your story for NANOWRIMO participants:

http://www.inkitt.com/blog/how-to-find-the-first-sentence-for-your-story/

First line generator

Some math for figuring out how to predict a successful word count:

Multiply the words you type in 10 minutes by the number of 10 minute blocks you will write in a day.  EX:  If you plan to write for 20 minutes, multiply by 2, 3 for 30 minutes.

Next multiply that number by the number of days you plan to write in November.  Just week days?  21.  All days?  30.  Haven't started yet?  26.  And hurry - that counts today!