Week 1 Writing Assignment

I'm sorry that some people didn't get the email with the assignments last week. For those of you who did not receive the email, I will accept Week One writing assignment this week and next week. I will also offer an extra credit assignment toward the end of the semester.

Writing Assignment

Choose One:
1) This week, make a habit of noticing everything around you.  Choose two or three concrete, specific, images or details that seem particularly telling about a character or a situation.  Using those images, write a poem of no longer than ten lines, or a story of no more than one paragraph.  Remember – be brief.  Let your images do the work! 

2) Take an abstract word used to describe someone, (for example, ugly, stupid, pretty, funny, kind, crazy, heroic etc.).  Writing no more than a page, use concrete images and details to convey the quality you choose, without ever using that word.  For instance, if you choose ugly, make the reader know that your character is ugly without ever sayings so.