Today, please refer to the previous post concerning the 500 Word Short Story project. Today, you will have time to complete the homework (see the previous post and below for details) and write your story.
After writing (or as a diversion): please spend some small amount of time today and select at least two pieces to read at the coffeehouse. Pick your best work! Fiction or non-fiction (speeches) should be no longer than 3 pages double spaced. You MAY read fiction. You MAY read poetry. You MAY read both if they're short.
BE PREPARED with your copies next class so we can begin to perform and prepare them!
After writing (or as a diversion): please spend some small amount of time today and select at least two pieces to read at the coffeehouse. Pick your best work! Fiction or non-fiction (speeches) should be no longer than 3 pages double spaced. You MAY read fiction. You MAY read poetry. You MAY read both if they're short.
- Don't pick something you don't like or aren't proud of. This performance is to show off your talents, not to present work you don't like to an audience!
- Pick something that is family-friendly--whatever that means to you. There will be children and grandparents in the audience. Be aware of that!--but also note most of us are pretty liberal.
- Just because it's short, doesn't mean you have to read it. If you fashion yourself as a better fiction writer, don't show off your poor poetry skills. Show off your great fiction skills!
- If you are selecting a longer work, consider only reading an excerpt. There are a lot of us to perform and the coffee gets cold if it sits too long because you haven't the sense to cut or edit your work.
BE PREPARED with your copies next class so we can begin to perform and prepare them!
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