Assignment_2: Rewrite & Shorten Your Scene
Due: Thursday, October 1, 2009
Copies: Please make a copy for each character plus one for yourself and one for faculty. So, if your scene has three characters, bring 5 copies. Typed or word-processed.
Rewrite & Shorten Your Scene
For this assignment, use the following guidelines:
Cut the length of your scene by half.
Clarify your protagonist and what he/she wants.
Make sure the protagonist goes through a value shift. By the end of the scene make certain the protagonist is either closer to or further from what he/she wants.
Must include some action.
Must include some dialogue.
In any case, write no more than a page and a half.
Use the same general formatting provided for Assignment 1.