12.9.13


 * WU: Dialogue Spy Reflection 12/9**

How did the experience of “spying” go?

What was the most interesting element of dialogue that you noticed?


 * Peer-edit:** help each other edit for correct dialogue creation/punctuation.
 * Turn in if you feel comfortable with the edits you've made. If not, you may turn in your clean copy next time I see you.


 * Six Word Memoirs--distilling a story into six words**

"For Sale: baby shoes, never worn."--Hemingway

Discussion: What is the story behind this story? Is it a tragedy? A comedy?


 * Six Word Memoir Samples:**

Couldn't cope, so I wrote songs.

Thank you, lasagna, for the memories.

I've not yet begun to procrastinate.

One tooth, one cavity, life's cruel.

Life behind a microphone gets lonely.

Was father. Boys died. Still sad.

Going crazy is a long journey.

Dear Aliens,

Please abduct me soon.

Will succeed. Don't know how yet.

Raising my mother's kids at 17.

Boyfriends 1, 3. Same dinner. Awkward.

I want to be six again.

Gray sneakers turned black with rain.


 * When you create your six-word memoir, think about how you can distill a story from your life into six words. Give enough information to suggest the story that is behind your words.**

Copy your six-word memoir onto a sheet of blank paper and feel free to add decorations to increase it's meaning.


 * HW:** Six Word Memoir--due next time I see you. Please copy your Six Word Memoir onto unlined paper. Feel free to add images, but this is not necessary.

Additionally, the following handout is homework for Thursday/Friday--you are beginning to plan your final memoir. You may use the same story that you allude to in your six word memoir, or you may write about something else. Feel free to sample from writing you've done already--look through your journal. Think about the first memory, injury writes, snapshots, characterization references in your obituary, or anything else that you want to explore.