Week 3: Show and Tell/Plot
Note: I sometimes change or modify assignments, based on what happens in class, so keep that in mind if you get ahead in the assignments.
Mon 1/22 (S): Read Chapter 2 of Writing Fiction, "Seeing Is Believing," pp. 21-42 (you can skip the stories).
Journal Entry #3
Required prompt:
Write about noises you wish you've never heard or tastes you wish you never experienced. Use as much sensory detail as possible when describing these auditory and taste experiences.
AND/OR:
Lie down wherever you are (carpet, cement, grass, etc.) and describe the textures you feel beneath you. Again, use as much sensory detail as possible.
Word count minimum: 350 words (short!)
Again, time yourself and write the time the journal entry took you at the bottom of the entry
Post here
Tues 1/23 (Block B) or Weds 1/24 (Block E) (L):
Assignment posted on Canvas--"Textures and Tastes."
Look under "Discussion" on Canvas.
Make sure you post in the correct block.
NOTE: this assignment will be shared and seen by your classmates (it's not a freewrite per se)
Thurs 1/25 (L):
Read Writing Fiction, "Tower and the Net: Story Form, Plot, and Structure," pp. 230-251 (you can skip the short stories)
Note: this is CHAPTER 7 so we are not going chronologically through the book.
Short story exercise: postponed till next Monday.
Mon 1/29 (S):
Short story reading: "One of These Days" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (157-159) in reader.
Short story exercise: Write a short story in 100 words. Notice that if you're going to manage a conflict, crisis, and resolution in this small space, you'll have to introduce the conflict immediately.
Please use the word "(word to be announced)" in your story.
Please write on a word doc that you'll bring to class (it will be shared and posted in Google Classroom).
Block B: please use the word "Valentine" in your story. For an extra challenge, try using "pineapple" as well (or "lunge"?).
Block E: please use the word "abstain" in your story.
Be thinking about/generating ideas for your first story, which is due Thursday 2/8. Word count: 900 words.