Please read the following stories in Sudden Fiction:
"Sunday in the Park" by Bel Kaufman
"Five Ives" by Roy Blount, Jr.
"Song on the Royal Street" by Richard Blessing
"Pygmalion" by John Updike
From this group, choose one short story to base a 200 word to 400 (about a page or two) word short, short story on. You can select a similar theme, write about a similar character, use a similar style or setting, or include an event that happened in the story as an opening for your own story: ex. start a story with a child throwing sand on your main character (from: Sunday in the Park)
Type or write out your story by hand. Be prepared to share this story with the class on Tuesday, September 22.
This introductory creative writing course at the School of the Arts (Rochester, NY) will introduce students to such topics as acting, performance poetry, speech communication, oral interpretation, and writing for a public forum. Writing for Publication will provide students with an understanding of the publishing world, encourage frequent submissions to various publications & contests, and develop word processing and design skills.
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hi mr, craddock, its hannah. i wrote my story and it has sort of the same setting but mine also has the same ending, well the same last line is that allowed?
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