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IWW
Practice-W Exercise Archives
Exercise: It's a deal.
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.internetwritingworkshop.org/).
Prepared by: Alice Folkart
Posted on: Sunday, May 23, 2010
Reposted on: Sunday, November 24, 2013
Reposted on: Sunday, November 8, 2015
Reposted on: Sunday, July 28, 2019
Reposted on: Sunday, April 11, 2021
Reposted on: Sunday, January 14, 2024
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In 400 words or less give us a scene where two
characters make a deal. Show us what the stakes
are for each, what he or she stands to gain or lose.
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Parents make deals with kids. Kids make deals
with each other. Husbands and wives, friends,
make deals. Bosses make deals with employees.
In other cultures fathers strike bargains over the
worth of their daughters as wives--how many
goats is she worth? The colorful ways to drive
bargains and make deals are endless. Have fun.
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In your critique consider the force of the
personalities. Does the author show us the
characters' thoughts, aims, drive to win? What
emotions are involved? What part, if any, do time
and place play? Do we side with one character
more than the other? Why? Would you read on to
see what happens next?
Web site created by
Rhéal Nadeau and
the administrators of the Internet Writing Workshop.
Modified by Gayle Surrette.
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