Learning target: We can create a character from our experience
Welcome to a new week and a new assignment. After focusing on yourself for your digital story, a big part of the next assignment—writing a short story—is creating one or more distinctive characters.
Characters are the key to fiction. They are the hook for the reader and determine whether they will fall into the story or stay on the surface. There are three parts to the character puzzle: finding the character, building the character’s backstory, and then putting this character on the page so all your other work comes through to the reader.
We'll start today looking at the current Magical Manual of Writing Instruction that you'll contribute to at the end of the semester. Remember, this spell is a major part of your grade. You have pick some part of your knowledge about writing that you want to preserve for generations.
This week we’ll be developing characters for your short story. This coming weekend and next week you’ll be drafting your short stories. Your will turn in a draft next Friday, which I’ll read and give back to you next Monday. Some of you will want to get feedback from the class on your story before attempting a revision.
Homework due Tuesday, October 6th
Read The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara
Welcome to a new week and a new assignment. After focusing on yourself for your digital story, a big part of the next assignment—writing a short story—is creating one or more distinctive characters.
Characters are the key to fiction. They are the hook for the reader and determine whether they will fall into the story or stay on the surface. There are three parts to the character puzzle: finding the character, building the character’s backstory, and then putting this character on the page so all your other work comes through to the reader.
We'll start today looking at the current Magical Manual of Writing Instruction that you'll contribute to at the end of the semester. Remember, this spell is a major part of your grade. You have pick some part of your knowledge about writing that you want to preserve for generations.
This week we’ll be developing characters for your short story. This coming weekend and next week you’ll be drafting your short stories. Your will turn in a draft next Friday, which I’ll read and give back to you next Monday. Some of you will want to get feedback from the class on your story before attempting a revision.
Homework due Tuesday, October 6th
Read The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara