Finding the Narrative Arc: February 27, 2017

Focus: How do we create a narrative arc in our tribute memoirs?

"You write for yourself, and you write for strangers." -- Gertrude Stein

1. Warming up with three good things

2. Enjoying Grammar You Must Know, Lesson #8: Redundancy

3.  Recapping the narrative arc and reading your exposition like a stranger (click HERE for the slides)

4. Writing/developing scenes where there are holes in your narrative arc

HW:
1. By Tuesday: Finish the book (Chapters 24, 25, and the Epilogue). Finish your blogs. Catch up if you missed a Socratic (loud or silent).

2. Complete rough draft of your memoir due this Friday, March 3, before class. Stop by for a conference! A five-minute conference works better than twenty e-mails.

3. Final draft of your memoir due in www.turnitin.com on Thursday, March 9. We will have a coffeehouse reading this day.