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IWW
Practice-W Exercise Archives
Exercise:
Jumping to conclusions
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
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Prepared by: Bob Sanchez
Posted on: Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009
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Exercise: Write a scene of 400 words or less in which a character jumps
to a conclusion after overhearing a conversation.
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Take an overheard snippet of conversation and build a short scene from
it. First, in no more than a line or
two, tell us what your character has overheard. Then continue with the
character's take on the
situation--he or she may imagine the worst, the best, or just something
worthy
of an eavesdropper.
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Exercise: Write a scene of 400 words or less in which a character jumps
to a conclusion after overhearing a conversation.
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In your critique, discuss whether the suppositions and actions
are plausible. Would you want to read more?
Web site created by
Rhéal Nadeau and
the administrators of the Internet Writing Workshop.
Modified by Greg Gunther.
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