Week Four: Plot

Mon 2/4 (S):

• • 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.

Weds 2/6 (L):

• 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 D: please use the word "fertile" in your story.

  • Block E: please use the word "imposter" in your story.

Thurs 2/7--Block E OR Fri 2/8--Block D (L):

• Read Chapter 3, "Building Character: Characterization Part I" in Writing Fiction. Please read the chapter carefully! (67-83; you can skip the short stories)

• Brief private freewrite here on Canvas (note: Block E--you can do the freewrite for Friday, but please do the above reading for Thursday)

Continue to think about/generate ideas for your first story, which is due Weds 2/13 (D) or Thurs 2/14 (E). Word count: 900 words.

Upcoming Common Classroom workshop (2/13) on comma usage!