Fantasy Draft: Day 4

After our short quiz, please continue writing your fantasy story draft. PLEASE DO NOT BE A DISTRACTION TO OTHERS!

Please use your time in the lab today to work on your fantasy draft. You should aim to complete 2-4 pages (double-spaced) today in the lab. See previous posts for details concerning this project.

Note the rubric below:

• Draft is turned in on time (1 point) (draft due April 30)
• Draft is given a working title (1 point)
• Draft is generally free of spelling/mechanical errors (proofread & check your grammar!) (1 point)
• Draft follows the proper fiction story format for prose (1 point)
• Draft shows effort and attention to detail or verisimilitude (appropriate diction or word choice) (1 point)
• Draft includes at least 10 parts, illustrating the hero's journey archetype (note/review this video for help or to check your work...) (1 point)
• Draft includes imaginative description/imagery of the story's setting (1 point)
• Draft includes a protagonist that undergoes the process described in "the hero's journey" (1 point)
• Draft includes recognizable fantasy tropes (1 point)
• A fantasy map is included in the project (1 point)
• Total: 10/10 (?)

HOMEWORK: Please read chapters 16-19 of the Hobbit. (Complete the book). 

Feel free to take notes in your journal about what you read, particularly as the book deals with the hero's journey we have discussed in class. There will be a test on this book next week!

Also, continue writing your fantasy story. If you haven't kept up with the page requirements for your story (around 5-10 pages completed at the end of today's class...) you need to catch up with the rest of us.

Your fantasy draft will be due Monday, April 30.  

Please join us May 1 at 7:00 in the Ensemble Theater for our Spring Coffeehouse to honor the senior creative writing class!