WRITING ASSIGNMENT #1 -- THE SHORT-SHORT STORY

 

 

 

 

1.     Models:  Blackberries; Yogurt.

 

 

2.     Write a story not to exceed four manuscript pages (1.5 spacing, 12pt font) with the following criteria: a single setting (both time and place), a single line of action, using a limited third-person point of view.

 

3.     Use one of the following openings to start your story:

 

        a.     At the _______, (s)he bumped into the very person (s)he'd been trying to avoid for weeks.

        b.     The moment [he/she] had been [anticipating /dreading] for days had arrived.

        c.     They insisted on accusing (him/her) of something (he/she) did not do.