A2, Quiz, Summarized, Indirect Speech, 2.5.24 (Due 4-12-24)
In this assignment,
- You will be graded on your handling of one of these dialogue techniques
- Summarized speech
- Indirect speech
Prompt: -2 page minimum-
- Put your character in their element, at a place they love with the people they love.
- Where are they? Who are they with? Maybe include why they’re there.
- Write some dialogue as summarized or indirect speech (refer to p. 45 and surrounding pages in your handout.)
- Then, change up the scene by introducing someone or an event that clearly adds tension to any further dialogue, an uninvited guest? A terrible event?
- Write an instance of tense, regular dialogue before cutting it off.
By now
- You should have the main character ready to go. It can be one you’ve used before or are making now.
- You should also have some ideas about what themes your character will exemplify or flirt with.
- A good way to choose this is to think of themes in contrast,
- think of your favorite fictional characters, and imagine what themes the author teased out of their stories.
- If you don’t have a list of contrasting themes, get one from me. You’ll need to have some selected for me to see.
Creative Writing -Revisions and Corrections- A2, 1/24/24, HW
- Review your story from last semester.
- Correct errors and make any desired revisions.
- Prepare a response to 2 of my examples of feedback. Be ready to show me the examples and explain why you did or didn’t make a change.
Learning Goals
Practice Revision
Receiving Feedback and Preparing for Peer Review
Tense Agreement
Check out these resources on tense agreement in your fiction writing.
This video comes from an author and literary agent on the importance of tense agreement Tense Inconsistency – YouTube
This page will dig you into the process so you can apply the concept to your work. Tense Consistency – AutoCrit Online Editing
12/6/23
In class, you wrote your morning into a story using the First Person Present tense.
I handed out a copy of Hunger Games for reference in that perspective.
Assignment: Rewrite your morning story using the slightly different, third-person close narrator. Watch this video for a helpful list of don’ts in this perspective.