Sumários

Twists and Mass Compression

15 Abril 2026, 14:00 Alexis Hannah Somerville

  • Discussion: Luisa Valenzuela 'Vision Out of the Corner of One Eye'
  • Tips for writing stories with twist endings
  • Video clip and twist prediction: Insecure
  • Discussion of text: 'Dinosaur' by Bruce Holland Rogers
  • Mass compression tips for flash fiction
  • My Brilliant Friend and books covers discussion
  • Timed writing
Homework: reading on Moodle


Twists and Mass Compression

15 Abril 2026, 09:30 Alexis Hannah Somerville

  • Discussion: Luisa Valenzuela 'Vision Out of the Corner of One Eye'
  • Tips for writing stories with twist endings
  • Video clip and twist prediction: Insecure
  • Discussion of text: 'Dinosaur' by Bruce Holland Rogers
  • Mass compression tips for flash fiction
  • My Brilliant Friend and books covers discussion
  • Timed writing
Homework: reading on Moodle


Magical realism

13 Abril 2026, 14:00 Alexis Hannah Somerville

  • Hand in Story 1
  • Discussion of short stories:
  • A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
  • The Fitting Room (Yukiko Motoya)
  • Introduction to magical realism
  • Timed writing
  • Homework: reading on Moodle


Magical realism

13 Abril 2026, 09:30 Alexis Hannah Somerville

  • Hand in Story 1
  • Discussion of short stories:
  • A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
  • The Fitting Room (Yukiko Motoya)
  • Introduction to magical realism
  • Timed writing
  • Homework: reading on Moodle


Peer workshop

8 Abril 2026, 14:00 Alexis Hannah Somerville

  • Peer workshop on flash fiction stories
  • Clarification of requirements for Story 1 (due next lesson)