Writers often take notes about story ideas before they sit down to write. Think about what you’ve learned so far about organizing narrative writing to help you begin prewriting. In what sort of genre would you like to write? Most any genre can include focus on a conflict. Genres include realistic fiction, science fiction, fantasy, or mystery, to name some examples.
What types of characters would you like to write about in your narrative?
What conflict will you make your characters deal with?
How might the setting of your story affect the characters and problem?
What events will lead to the resolution of the conflict while keeping a reader engaged?
From which point of view should your story be told, and why?

Response Instructions
Use the questions in the bulleted list to write a one-paragraph summary. Your summary should describe what will happen in your narrative like the one above.

Don’t worry about including all of the details now. Focus only on the most essential and important elements. You will refer back to this short summary as you continue through the steps of the writing process.

Read the passage from chapter 17 of the prince. and of all princes, it is impossible for the new prince to avoid the imputation of cruelty, owing to new states being full of dangers. hence virgil, through the mouth of dido, excuses the inhumanity of her reign owing to its being new, saying: "res dura, et regni novitas me talia cogunt moliri, et late fines custode tueri."(*) nevertheless he ought to be slow to believe and to act, nor should he himself show fear, but proceed in a temperate manner with prudence and humanity, so that too much confidence may not make him incautious and too much distrust render him intolerable. . against my will, my fate a throne unsettled, and an infant state, bid me defend my realms with all my pow'rs, and guard with these severities my shores. what reasoning does machiavelli use in this passage? machiavelli uses deductive reasoning by first introducing the conclusion that new rulers must be cruel and then supporting it with evidence. machiavelli uses deductive reasoning by starting with statistical evidence and then concluding that rulers must be cruel. machiavelli uses inductive reasoning by first presenting an observed pattern of details and then concluding that new rulers must be cruel. machiavelli uses inductive reasoning by starting with the conclusion that new rulers must be cruel and then supporting it with short narratives.