Quarantined for the Coronavirus
With everyone self-quarantining the world over from the Coronavirus my friends and I decided to start hosting a learning workshop online. On a different day of the week we'd all teach each other something we were each good/skilled at. Monday's become yoga class, Thursday and Friday baking and cooking classes. Last Wednesday was book club, this Wednesday is turning into a game day. Tuesday is my day and I've been conducting a creative writing seminar.
I decided last week to review the basics of a short story, then have a collaborative writing session on outlining. I gave my friends three different writing prompts and as a group pick their favorite, then we'd work together on coming up with an outline. I wanted to keep the outlining minimal so that each person could come up with a unique story all of their own making, just the basics of what should be put into the story, or how to think about what to put into a story.
This is what we all come up with:
Outline for short story!
I hope everyone is staying safe during this difficult time! Be creative! And keep writing!
I decided last week to review the basics of a short story, then have a collaborative writing session on outlining. I gave my friends three different writing prompts and as a group pick their favorite, then we'd work together on coming up with an outline. I wanted to keep the outlining minimal so that each person could come up with a unique story all of their own making, just the basics of what should be put into the story, or how to think about what to put into a story.
This is what we all come up with:
Outline for short story!
Writing Prompt #2
- You are in a typical awkward elevator ride with a group of other people, suddenly a man says, “So I bet you are wondering why I’ve gathered here.” Before hitting the emergency stop button.
- Setting: In an office building of some kind...
Brainstorming! CDC? Where is this elevator? Dr office? Amusement Park? Factory? Elevator up the Eiffel Tower
Time of day: office hours, leaving, just getting there, going to lunch!
When is this story: modern dayish
- Characters! How many people are in this elevator?
More than three to five characters.
Main character: Woman or man? Janitor! Who’s going to be your main character? Intern? Temp? The Main character’s first day. Woman: lawyer, Take out guy/girl! Your main character might be a dog!
Mystery man!
Who else is in this elevator? Ghosts! Take-out guy! His ice cream is melting! Flower delivery guy/girl, Singing Gram Full Costume Celebrity How many puns can I fit into five pages haha
Love/Sexual interest
Take your kid to work day!
Someone has to pee! The farter!
- Point of View
Third Person Limited or First Limited
- Genre! Horror, romance, fantasy, mystery, sci-fi, literary fiction, thrillers, comedy, YA snark
Horror/ suspense
Mystery/Thriller
- 12 point font
- Doubled Spaced
- Times New Roman
- Five pages
I assigned my "class" to write a short story over the week. Everyone to post their finished product on google drive so that we could all read the short stories. This week I'm conducting a writing critique class, using our stories. My goal is to hopefully help everyone (including myself) on how to use constructive criticism, then everyone will use to week to rewrite their stories. Next week we'll discuss the importance of editing.
I've posted my story on this blog: titled Suspended Between 3rd and L
I've posted my story on this blog: titled Suspended Between 3rd and L
I definitely went over the five pages. So this week my job will be to edit and make my story concise, and to use any constructive criticism my friends give me.
I hope everyone is staying safe during this difficult time! Be creative! And keep writing!
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