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.



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