Thanks to Selena for her presentation. We missed you, Andrew.
If you were absent, ask Selena for her writing exercise as it will be a key technique for your repertoire.
We imitated the "First Date" story today with a focus on the following:
stock and dynamic character
setting (to elucidate the characters)
dialogue that really sounds unique to each character
Interrupting the dialogue
Using non sequiturs
Wed: We are in the computer lab. It's time to complete all of the poetry contests and submissions. Check the list. Once you have finished Aerie and Polyphony, create a sheet which lists which poems you have sent where and hand in.
Thursday: Two complete pages, double spaced, typed of a scene. You may use the traditional scene, similar to Gaston's scene in the gas station, or the "First Date" scene where you have one dynamic and one stock character, or the "Orientation" imitation, which is more episodic and satirical, relying on understatement and hyperbole grounded in possibility (ie I can believe that) even the serial killer bit.
