Due Monday, October 20th, 2014:
You’ve read several dialogues and analyzed them; you’ve eavesdropped on several “real” dialogues and recorded them. Now you’re going to write your own.
You have total freedom to craft your own dialogue and rubric, but these suggestions may help you get started:
1) Write a dialogue that is the opening of a short story. The dialogue should establish the characters, and may hint at the action to come.
2) Write a dialogue between your Character Sketch character and another character. The dialogue should establish who your character is. (You may want to intersperse the dialogue with pieces of your Character Sketch.)
3) Write a dialogue between yourself and someone else, including the subtext or your inner thoughts as the dialogue is happening.
Creating Your Rubric: Ideas to Consider
You’ve read several dialogues and analyzed them; you’ve eavesdropped on several “real” dialogues and recorded them. Now you’re going to write your own.
You have total freedom to craft your own dialogue and rubric, but these suggestions may help you get started:
1) Write a dialogue that is the opening of a short story. The dialogue should establish the characters, and may hint at the action to come.
2) Write a dialogue between your Character Sketch character and another character. The dialogue should establish who your character is. (You may want to intersperse the dialogue with pieces of your Character Sketch.)
3) Write a dialogue between yourself and someone else, including the subtext or your inner thoughts as the dialogue is happening.
Creating Your Rubric: Ideas to Consider
- To what degree does your dialogue subtly reveal the characters’ temperament, desires, regrets, etc.?
- To what extent does your dialogue subtly hint at a subtext?
- To what extent does the characters’ use of language seem authentic and consistent?
- Is the dialogue long enough and detailed enough to accomplish your goals?
- Is the dialogue thoughtfully written and carefully revise/proofread?
- 10/6: Begin brainstorming, pre-writing your dialogue
- 10/9: Continue working on dialogue/workshop/edit your dialogue in pairs
- 10/13-10/17: NO SCHOOL, CHALLENGE WEEK, WORK ON DIALOGUE OVER THE WEEK
- 10/20: By the end of the block: Final draft due with rubric: no workshop notes or rough draft due!