Mon 3/26 S:
Read student stories (workshopping during class time)
In the margins and at the end of the story, please do the following:
Comment on what works/is successful in the piece.
Comment on questions you have--what you'd like clarification on, etc.
Remember to be encouraging, not harsh--these are early drafts!
Tu 3/27 S: Read Burroway, chapter 8 of Writing Fiction: "Call Me Ishmael: Point of View"--pp. 276-292.
Wed 3/28 L:
Re-write the first 150 words of the story you just workshopped from THREE rather different POVs for a total word count of 450 words (but you can do more if you wish).
If you prefer, you can choose just two different POVs and write longer openings.
You can try writing your story from:
a different person (e.g. 2nd person, 1st person plural, omniscient)
or to a different audience (e.g. write in the 1st person addressed to another character in the story)
or in a different form (stream of consciousness, newspaper article, letter, etc.).
You can also change the perspective and write from a different character's POV.
Note: changing the POV may change your opening in surprising ways. Let the change in POV dictate where the new opening goes--possibly in a very different direction from the old one.
Make sure to put the original opening at the top of the assignment.
Please post on Canvas: POV assignment
Fri 3/30 S: Story due on turnitin.com
Here's the turnitin.com info:
Class ID: 17511882
Enrollment key: English