The Man Across the Street (Prompt)

The man across the street is trimming branches off a tree with a chain saw. He stops suddenly and tries to see into the window of the house. Begin the story with this setting/idea. It is not necessary to put the words in the piece if you don't wish to do so.

Use these verbs: gasp, turns, crush, flutter, bonk

Use these nouns: Porsche, projector, tear

Field Work: Shopping

Note your observations while shopping. It can be any kind--for food, for clothes, for electronics. Describe one of the shopkeepers and one of the shoppers. If something bothers you when shopping, note that also.

*Try to do this exercise before we return to class on January 6, 2011

Three Word Dialogues

Put your dialogue here, but add a bit of narration to it to make it more interesting (description of characters' actions, a bit of setting and so on) However, remember that the dialogue is still limited to only three words!

Making our Writing More Metaphorical

Using the handout as a guide, find three or four (or more!) places in your current story to add metaphor. Paste your original sentence and then provide us with a new, improved and wonderfully metaphorical one in its place.

Writers slip sliding on thin ice making metaphors just in time to prevent themselves from falling in . . .