Reading: "Interim" by Ray Bradbury and "The Stupid Joke" by Edward Gorey.
Genre & Beginnings
At our level writing is a great way to express yourself. But make no mistake. Writing is a business.
Readers often select books similar to previous enjoyment. If a reader enjoyed a fantasy, the reader is most likely to continue reading fantasy, for example. Last year we covered the three typical types of readers (remember that most people combine these to various degrees):
In today's writing market there are a variety of genres that writers tend to write. Knowing what readers expect from these genres will help you as a writer give your audience what it wants. So let's learn about them!
Please sign up for a genre group. You will read about this genre, take notes, and present what information you can to the class.
When (and if) we return to the lab, please begin a beginning for your first fiction draft:
Lab Work: Fiction baseline. Brainstorming. Use any of the following prompts to start a story:
Read the article: "Breaking Ground" and take notes in your journal/notebook on key concepts.
At our level writing is a great way to express yourself. But make no mistake. Writing is a business.
Readers often select books similar to previous enjoyment. If a reader enjoyed a fantasy, the reader is most likely to continue reading fantasy, for example. Last year we covered the three typical types of readers (remember that most people combine these to various degrees):
- Fantasists: readers who read to escape the tediousness of ordinary life, seeking new frontiers and imaginative fiction
- Realists: readers who read about contemporary life to learn about or reinforce personal experiences
- Pragmatists: readers who read for a specific purpose--from cooking to learning history or science
In today's writing market there are a variety of genres that writers tend to write. Knowing what readers expect from these genres will help you as a writer give your audience what it wants. So let's learn about them!
Please sign up for a genre group. You will read about this genre, take notes, and present what information you can to the class.
When (and if) we return to the lab, please begin a beginning for your first fiction draft:
Lab Work: Fiction baseline. Brainstorming. Use any of the following prompts to start a story:
A. Start immediately with a scene. Write the opening page of a story in which a party is in progress.HOMEWORK: Read any of the stories in the collection that include: Ambrose Bierce, Crawford, Blackwood, Bradbury, Bloch, Campbell, Collier, Dahl, Hartley. (Do not read Churchill or Gorey...we'll read them in class). Do not read past authors with last names after "G"--and post at least one forum response to the story on our classroom forum.
B. Start with an intriguing problem. Start a story with a question or decision that must be made now.
C. Start a story with a crisis. Start a story where the protagonist recognizes a serious illness or disease or health problem.
D. Start with something unusual or odd. Start a story where a protagonist witnesses a strange or unnatural event.
E. Start a story with an emotional event. Start a story where the protagonist suffers public humiliation or embarrassment.
Read the article: "Breaking Ground" and take notes in your journal/notebook on key concepts.
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