READINGS AND ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF APRIL 3 – 9, 2006:

Tuesday, April 4, 2006:

Please read Chapter 4 - Building Character: Characterization, Part I in Writing Fiction.

Important!! Don’t forget that your first fiction assignment, an exposition (opening scene(s)) of approximately 3 pages (750 words) is due in class today!!

Thursday, April 6, 2006.

Please read Chapter 4 - The Flesh Made Word: Characterization, Part II in Writing Fiction .

Finally, here is this week's memoir prompt, for blog posts due on Sunday, April 9, 2006:

Describe a significant event that brought you closer to, or further away, from your religious devotions. The spiritual life can come upon a person in a sweeping moment or over the course of a long period of time. Have you ever experienced visions or other moments of a spiritual nature? If you had a single moment that you can recall, describe the details leading up to and following that epiphany. How did it change your life afterwards? If you slowly gravitated to a religious tradition or a way of thinking about the divine, show in a series of snapshots how you were brought closer and closer to the spiritual over that time.