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IWW
Practice-W Exercise Archives
Exercise: Details, details, details (v. 3)
These exercises were written
by IWW members
and administrators to provide structured practice opportunities for its
members.
You are welcome to use them for practice as well. Please mention that
you found
them at the Internet Writers Workshop
(http://www.internetwritingwor
kshop.org/).
Prepared
by: Patricia Johnson
Posted on: November 11, 2001
Reposted on: December 7, 2003
Reposted,
revised, on: May 20, 2007
Reposted,
revised, on: December 7, 2008
Reposted on: January 5, 2014
Reposted on: May 12, 2019
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Exercise: In 400 words or less, write a scene in which you begin to
develop a
character whom we would recognize if we
were to meet him or her.
______________
Behavior, mannerisms, speech, and dress can all be part of character
development.
A
character who smells of stale smoke brings to mind a picture different
from
that of a character carrying the smell of a hay field. A
character on a limited
income might
carefully count the change given by a cashier. The possibilities are
endless.
Do not tell us your
character is proud or shy or
demanding--show us.
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Exercise: In 400
words or less, write a scene in which you begin to develop a
character whom we would recognize if we
were to meet him or her.
________________
Critiquing suggestions:
What was your impression of the character? What clues given by
the author led you
to form this impression? Does this character interest you?
Would you be willing to
read on to see what happens to the character?
Web site created by
Rhéal Nadeau and
the administrators of the Internet Writing Workshop.
Modified by Gayle Surrette.
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