Group Meetings

    Hellooooo so today we met with others to discuss our project progress and help each other out. We went around in a circle describing and explaining our projects, like the story and the elements we had already planned for it. Our teacher decided to do these meetings because it would help us all receive some feedback, and overall just some thoughts on our project.

Others’ progress

When we started the discussions I got to hear how about different people’s projects and where they were they with it. I loved how every person in the group was working on a different genre. Some one had a coming of age, rom-com, psychological thriller, horror, and drama. It made me excited to see how all of their projects will turn out. We all helped out Kat in deciding which plot to choose and also gave her some alternatives in case she didn’t want to choose either. I think this was beneficial for everyone because it helped us know where we stand with each other and it definitely reassured me that we were doing our planning right. I also just love seeing how people get passionate when they’re talking about something they love or love to do. 

Advice I received 

Overall I spent my time describing the plot and the characters and each choice’s purpose. I did not receive critiques because all of the people in my group liked how well thought out our story was. But there was a detail that we haven’t fully developed yet which is the script especially one part of it. This part is the experimentation that the mother does on each kid. The first idea was for her to tell them to do something weird but this detail is important becase later in the opening the main character hears a word associated to what the mother tells the kids to do and for the first time ever remembers something from his past. What the group suggested is to make it more law based like from the society. For example one of the laws is that if you see a child having fun you must hit them back to reality because ‘fun’ is a distraction. In the end we decided on having the mother ask each child what o do if they see another child having fun. In which the child says “you hit them”. The protagonist will realize that when his coworker says “ow why’d you hit me” his biological mother, Beth, used to tell them to hit other children. 

Final Thoughts

Honestly I am glad that our teacher decided to do this because it helped me know where I stand in the development of my project and how many details I was missing. I am thankful that I got to discuss with all of the people in my group because they helped me figure out that crucial small detail of what the mother was going to say to the kids. I’m also glad because I got to help others in their development of their projects so I think it was a win-win. I’m excited to keep working on our project now after hearing how other people were invested in it too. Thank you to all who helped me out today!