Wednesday, October 7, 2009

8.3 - Draft #3

You need a completed 2nd draft for this exercise. Start and complete that work if you haven't already done so.

Today, work on 8.3 - draft #3:
1. Take your two previous drafts.
2. Start again.
3. Begin by setting the story in place and time. Start in media res.
4. Tell a single incident or a series of brief incidents, moving the forward in time. Try a story that has more than one incident.
5. Place one character in addition to your narrator in the story.

See and read pages: 159-163 in your books for models.

Complete this draft.
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