Readings and Assignments for Week of November 14, 2005 - November 20, 2005

Tuesday, November 15, 2005:

Important!! Fiction Assignment #1 due today! Write a 3-4 page exposition (opening scene). See guidelines below.

Thursday, November 17, 2005:

Please re-read the section on dialogue (pp. 172-173) in Writing Fiction

Please also read Chapter 7 (Call Me Ishmael: Point of View, Part I) in Writing Fiction.

Important!! Please make sure to bring in your Writing Fiction book today so that we can look at some samples of good dialogue in class.

And finally, here is your memoir prompt for blog posts due on Sunday, November 20:

Who was your best friend at seven years old? Who was your best friend at 11? At 16? At 20? At 30? And who was your biggest enemey at each of these ages? Describe them.