Sumários

The Sound Machine

12 Fevereiro 2020, 16:00 Bernardo Manzoni Palmeirim

OP

The Sound Machine
WE: Kickstarting a story from a grammatically-concatenated 1st sentence

HW:
Read "10th December" for Wednesday 


Difference between story and plot

12 Fevereiro 2020, 08:00 EDUARDA MELO CABRITA

Difference between story and plot. 
In-class writing activity based on E.M.Forster's "the king died and then the queen died" vs "the king died and then the queen died of grief."
Discussing students' work.


OPs. Unity

10 Fevereiro 2020, 16:00 Bernardo Manzoni Palmeirim

First OP day - detailed feedback

Unity in flash fiction: "The Solipsist", "Sticks"

HW: Read "The Sound Machine" 


Beginnings and endings

10 Fevereiro 2020, 08:00 EDUARDA MELO CABRITA


Discussing beginnings and endings students brought to class against Poe's definition of the short story and "Ten rules for writing fiction", The Guardian 20 February 2010.


Myzsor (1)

5 Fevereiro 2020, 16:00 Bernardo Manzoni Palmeirim

Myzsor (1)

Compression, Editing, Character Sketches
Character Sketch WE

HW:
Push forth the WE we started today in class, making it SHOW more
Read Flash Fiction pieces in SCB 84-91 (can skip "Popular Mechanics" if you attended the class we read it in)
You can start reading Dahl's "The Sound Machine" (starts on SCB 43, for Wednesday)