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IWW
Practice-W Exercise Archives
Exercise: What's going on here?
These exercises were written
by IWW members
and administrators to provide structured practice opportunities for its
members.
You are welcome to use them for practice as well. Please mention that
you found
them at the Internet Writers Workshop
(http://www.internetwritingwor
kshop.org/).
Prepared by: Bob Sanchez
Posted on: April 20, 2008
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Exercise: In 400 words or less, write a scene building on the basic
information
provided here. Be sure to make each character's motivations clear, and
let us know
something of each one's personality.
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A woman runs on a quiet stretch of road. She isn't wearing running
clothes, but she
moves quickly. Not far behind, a man in street clothes also runs. A
canal parallels
the road on one side; on the other side are scattered houses. A half
mile down the
road, a brick building.
So what's going on here? Let us in on the
story through the point of view of either
character. Add any sensory and descriptive
details at your discretion, but be sure
we understand the motivations of the
characters. What do they want? What do they
have to do with each other? Do their goals
coincide, or do they conflict? Can we
see a quality or personality trait that
drives each person? The reader does not
necessarily have to learn the outcome, as long as the
situation is clear.
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Exercise: In 400 words or less, write a scene building on the basic
information
provided here. Be sure to make each character's motivations clear, and
let us know
something of each one's personality.
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In your critique, tell whether the writer has clearly established the
situation. Are the
individual goals clear? Do we have a sense of their respective
personalities?
Web site created by
Rhéal Nadeau and
the administrators of the Internet Writing Workshop.
Modified by Greg Gunther.
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