Character TED Talk

This morning I was preparing resources for further studying the book, Anne of Green Gables. Partly I’m using the story as a model for good writing, but also by creating these resources I’m practicing skills for the process of revision. How does one approach a developmental edit?

I’m basically working with NotebookLM and other chatbots to produce summaries and split the story different ways. What helps to fix the story in my mind?

• Chapter by chapter summaries
• Splitting the book into sections (about seven) and summarizing those larger parts
• Making an in-depth audio summary based on the chapter summaries

One idea popped into my head–what would your main character’s TED Talk be about? What’s the one thing the protagonist would want to tell the world because it transformed them?

Sometimes the greatest adventure isn’t the one that takes you farthest from home, but the one that brings you closest to who you’re meant to be.
– Anne Shirley, TED Talks