Week Six: Setting
Monday 3/4: Journal Entry: 500 words.
Optional topic: Go back to your favorite cafe and describe people's appearances. Describe their clothes, gestures, bodies, and, especially, their faces.
Required reading: "Loss of Face" (reader, 33-44).
Tuesday 3/5: Read Chapter 5 of Writing Fiction, "Fictional Place" (164-78).
Thursday 3/7:
Period 3: Pick ONE of the first five prompts listed on pages 206-207 of Writing Fiction. You can use characters from the story you submitted last week or make up new characters for the exercise you choose. Word count: 600 words. *** POST THIS ASSIGNMENT UNDER "WRITING EXERCISES"
Period 6: Do prompt #3 on page 206-207 of Writing Fiction (placing a character in conflict with a setting OR whose reaction is the opposite of what you'd expect--see page 207 for details). Word count: 600 words. *** POST THIS ASSIGNMENT UNDER "WRITING EXERCISES"
Friday 3/8: Read "Cat's Cradle" in your reader, pp. 116-121 (reader #s). Note how Aciman uses setting as you read the story. In addition, please contribute 1-3 sentences for our collaborative room exercise.