Workshopping & Drafting

Today in class please complete the following:

1. Revise and rewrite your 1st draft story or haiku from the workshop last class.

When revising:

• Consider changing the form (would this piece work better as a poem, play, or an essay?)
• Consider changing the protagonist (does your character change? Is your protagonist interesting and involved in the plot?)
• Consider theme, setting, and detail that is often left out of a first draft
• Consider the arrangement of your plot. Is your story too predictable? Too obvious? You may wish to arrange your story as a circular plot or pattern or as a flashback as opposed to linear.
• Revise and craft sentence or structure of your writing to be more effective
• Remove characters that do not add or progress your story
• Remove scenes that do not progress the story or plot or characterization or theme, etc.
• Remove words that are vague, redundant, or unnecessary
• Add or remove dialogue (add or remove scenes)
• Add poetic and literary devices

2. Turn in your updated draft for credit.

3. Post an answer to the question on The Martian Chronicles to our forum.

4. Look through your portfolio from the 1st semester and revise a poem or story you've already written, but CRAFT your work or prepare it for our next workshop (Friday).

5. Write a new story, haiku, or poem as you wish.

6. Get caught up. If you haven't completed your previous class work, please complete immediately and turn in for credit.

HOMEWORK: Please work to complete The Martian Chronicles (there will be a test Tuesday on the book). Prepare a piece of writing for a workshop Friday.