Assignments
1. Writer's must be able to let their imaginations take over occasionally and
write just for the fun of it. For this entry, you may work on any type of
writing you choose except personal journal entries. You could start a play, a
poem, a fiction story, a character sketch, an outline of a story, anything.
But make sure that you are having fun writing it. It should be entertaining to
you.
2.Writer's are in the business of exploring deeper meanings. Maybe not
directly but at least grappling with it in stories. Look back over the last
four entries and think about the deeper meaning. Choose one to revise for this
entry. Be sure your revision helps produce a more fulfilling answer when a
reader asks, "So what?" and offers a deeper meaning. Don't just answer what the deeper meaning is; rewrite your entry to show the deeper meaning.
3. Write badly! For this activity write the worst story you possibly can. The
idea is that after writing a truly awful story, you can become more aware of
those problems that contribute to bad writing; it is a way of making you so
aware of commonplace problems that you'll be sure to avoid them more quickly
than you might otherwise.