Week 9: Scene

Mon 3/14--On your journal on Canvas, please post the following:

    • Using the techniques you analyzed from your place passage and/or from other people's passage, write your own setting passage

      • You might describe a made-up setting that you plan to use in your upcoming story

      • You might describe another, totally funky setting you have no idea what to do with yet

      • You might describe a room in your house or another place you're very familiar with

      • Word count: 350 words

    • Write 550 more words on anything you wish (you can also continue the setting exercise above if you so desire). I'd encourage you to start brainstorming your next story!

    • Total of 900 words.

Tues 3/15--Read Writing Fiction, "Long Ago: Fictional Time," pp. 193-207.

Thurs 3/17--To post on Canvas:

For this assignment, please do one or more of the following options:

      • Freewrite on a story that you have in mind.

      • Brainstorm THREE story ideas (then write on one or more of them).

      • Look through your old freewrites and use one as the genesis of a story. OR combine two freewrites into one story

Total word count: 900 words.

Fri 3/18--NO SCHOOL!

Note: draft of your new story will be due on 3/25