Notes and Essential Questions

Done by: Tiffany Muir

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How do chic lit authors hook and hold readers?

• By the way the author starts the novel

• Sometimes the author adds suspense

How do chic lit writers persuade their readers?

• Putting in characters around the readers age

• Make a plot that the reader would really like

What is the relationship between chic lit and truth?

• Lots of real life lessons• Sometimes even how to handle a

heart break

What truths are best communicated through the

chic lit genre?• That you can not help who you fall in

love with or where you found your soul mate

What are the sub-genres on chic lit?

• Bigger Girl Lit• Christian Lit• Glamour Lit• Hen Lit• Lad Lit• Mom and Baby Lit• Multi-Cultural Lit• Mystery Lit• Fantasy Lit• Single City Girl• Wedding Lit• Working Girl Lit• British Lit• Dieting Lit• Romantic Lit• Teen Lit• Indian Chic Lit• Thriller Lit“What is chick lit”

Why are some chic lit movies turned into novels?

What are some of the things that chic lit authors are

thinking when they are writing novels?

Is there a specific way to write a chic lit novel?

Books in the chic lit genre• Nicholas Sparks books:

– Safe Haven– A Walk To Remember– The Lucky One– Dear John– The Last Song– The Choice– Three Weeks With My Brother– The Notebook– At First Sight– The Guardian– The Wedding– The Rescue– True Believer– A Bend In The Road– Message In A Bottle– Nights In Rodanthe