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SMU Honor Code     

Policies & Requirements

 

The Reason I Missed Class

 

Writing Assignment #1 The Short-short Story

Commentary on Description

Showing and Telling

Descriptions of Objects, Props

Grandfather's Sweater & House on the Gulf
Descriptions of Places, Settings
 

Writing Assignment #2 The Character Sketch

Models for Character Sketch -- "Tracey" by Kelley Lepine

"End of the Rainbow" by Brandy Bryan     

 

Writing Assignment #5 The Monologue

Models for assignment #4 - "Sweet Talk" by Megan Joy

"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch," by Amy Huff
"Sir Scoopsalot," by Brandon James

 

PREPARATIONS FOR WRITING FICTION
Point of View commentary
Point of View -- Advantages and Disadvantages

Some Considerations About First-Person Narrators

Reliable and Unreliable Narrators
What Does X Want

 

SHORT STORY ASSIGNMENTS

Writing Assignment #7 Story in First Person
 

SUPPLEMENTARY AIDS

Notes on Story Origins

Principles of Structure and Organization

Ten Lessons So Far

Billie Sicard Story

Opening sentences

Questions for criticism
Manuscript Preparation