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IWW
Practice-W Exercise Archives
Exercise: An Act of Kindness
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
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Prepared by Kathy Highcove
Posted: Sunday, June 12, 2022
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In less than 400 words, build a scene around a protagonist who tries
to help out another character.
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Your story should focus on someone who sees a need for assistance and
decides to get involved. Give your readers a hint of the outcome.
However, sometimes the best of intentions can go south. Here's an
alternate reaction to the prompt: a kind act goes awry. The outcome
is definitely not what the protagonist had in mind.
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How did you react to the protagonist's attempts to help or improve a
situation? Did you think that he/she was successful? Or, did it make
you wince and chuckle? Would you read further, if the story was
extended?
Web site created by
Rhéal Nadeau and
the administrators of the Internet Writing Workshop.
Modified by Gayle Surrette.
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