Week 6: Dialogue and Character

Mon 2/12--S: NO CLASS (English Dept PD Day)

Tues 2/13--S:

I noticed late Monday night that this assignment wasn't showing up properly on the the website. If you read your classmates' stories instead, no problem--just reverse the assignments and do the assignment you didn't do. My apologies!

Journal entry

• • Go back to your favorite cafe or place to observe people.

    • This time, rather than focus on dialogue, focus on people's appearances:

      • clothes

      • gestures

      • bodies

      • and, especially, their faces

  • Word count: 900 words (but only 300 need be on the topic above--the rest are up to you!)

  • Please post your entry here: Journal Entry: Appearances

Weds 2/14 OR Thurs 2/15--L: Workshopping in class:

• 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!

  • Authors: print out and bring a copy of your own story (so you can refer to it when your classmates comment on it)

Fri 2/16--S: Read and mark up Chapter 4, "Building Character: Characterization Part II" in Writing Fiction.

• Skip the short stories and exercises at the end of the chapter.

Mon 2/19--NO SCHOOL

Tu 2/20--L: Revision of story submission due on turnitin.com

• • Here's the turnitin.com info:

    • Class ID: 17511882

    • Enrollment key: English

• Optional: read Charles Baxter, "Loss of Face" in reader pp. 33-45