Fiction assignments and next week

For next week follow syllabus for the reading assignments as we transition into the genre of the creative essay, and come prepared to share your fiction stories in workshop groups. Write your blog post on Essay Packet 1.

Additional fiction writing exercises:

4 qualities (in-class writing)

postcards

HW Fiction Writing Assignment: Dialogue

Listen to or listen in on some other folks’ conversation. Write down what they say or remember it to write down later. Record 10-20 lines of the dialogue of a real conversation.

Use this dialogue in a story. You can create the characters around the dialogue or include the dialogue (in a single piece or separate it throughout the story) in a larger story that you construct. The story should include the dialogue as well as other story elements.