My story has conflict, but I don't think it is very understandable. I wanted to go the direction that Marie was getting senile and not really focusing on what was about to happen. I'm still working on it, but these exercises helped me get closer to th coherency I need.
The exercise that gave sentence beginnings to complete helped me put more detail in the story that I wouldn't have put in there without this prompt. Another helpful exercise was to have the main character write a letter explaining her take on the story.
The last thing that helped me was to write one sentence about the story and then revise the story to heighten and illuminate the final meaning.
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I just wanted to thank you for noting all the grammatical errors for our group. I SO wanted to do that. I'm surprised we haven't met before. I'm on the Grammar Police Force as well!
ReplyDeleteIncomplete sentences and poor grammar are like fingernails on a chalkboard to me. I thought about doing exactly what you did but I refrained and instead, strongly suggested that they have someone else read it so they might be able to point out any errors in usage etc.
I know the semester is pretty much over but, I would love swap final stories and give/get feedback if you would be interested.
There is a substantial writing scholarship here at Delta that I want to apply for. I don't remember much about it right now but, I would be happy to share the info with you if you are interested. I have the information-somewhere.
I hope to hear from you soon. Please respond on my blog,I seriously doubt anyone will bother reading it now, considering few did during class.
Mindy,
ReplyDeleteSadly I can't comment on your blog. I see that your next to last post had comments so I tried to comment that one, but couldn't get the comment box to open up. Feel free to email me with whatever email address you want me to respond to. I plan on writing more on mine tonight, so I would love to see what you think.
kristymarker@hotmail.com