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Instructor:Robert
Love Taylor
Office: Carnegie 201
Hours: MWF 1-2 or by appointment
email:rtaylor@bucknell.edu
1. Due Friday, 1/28, email by 4:00 p.m.
A. Two 100-word descriptions: places
a) Room: using 3rd-person focused
narration
b) Landscape: using 1st-person
(reliable) narration
B. Two 100-word descriptions of characters
a) Sympathetic orientation: using
3rd-person focused narration
b) Mistrustful orientation: using 1st
person (unreliable) narration
2. Due Tuesday, 2/1 (email by noon): Two 200-word
descriptions of action:
a) Subtle action: using 3rd-person focused narration
b) Not so subtle: using 1st-person (reliable or
unreliable; the reader should be able to tell the difference.
3. Due Tuesday, 2/8 (email by noon): One page of dialogue (2 characters only): Use the 3rd-person focused or 1st person, but keep narration at a minimum. Use quotation marks, standard indentation for dialogue in fiction.