In exercise 9.1 you wrote about a setting. I asked you to drop one of your characters (from your character sketch) into this setting and write a scene in 1-3 pages. We are going to move forward now.
In exercise 9.2 you will be asked to write three additional scenes that could take place after your first scene. Change the SETTING in each scene. This will encourage you to plot your story. In each of the 3 additional scenes, give your protagonist some action to perform or do - get their hands busy! Also, sprinkle in some details from your character sketch. This is how we use characterization to develop a character. Try to avoid dumping all that information on the reader at once!
Finally, write one more scene in which you move BACKWARD in time in a technique called FLASHBACK. When you are done, you will have 4 additional scenes in your journal.
Read and refer to pages: 180 (exploring movement) to 186 for a model and/or further instructions and details about plotting, setting, and time.
HOMEWORK: read pages 180-186. Complete exercises 9.2 & 9.3 in your journal if you did not finish during lab time.
Activity: Having trouble thinking of settings or need a setting later for other stories? Look here.
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