This week, Shawn has assigned a “Meet the Parents” scene. Assignment Writing Sprint Assignment – PDF Sample Scene – PDF Q&A with Shawn – MP3
Continue Reading >>This week, Shawn has assigned a “Meet the Parents” scene. Assignment Writing Sprint Assignment – PDF Sample Scene – PDF Q&A with Shawn – MP3
Continue Reading >>This week, Shawn has assigned a “You’re Fired” scene. Assignment Writing Sprint Assignment – PDF This scene is from the 1952 novel Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. Sample Scene – PDF Q&A with Shawn – MP3
Continue Reading >>This week, Shawn has assigned a “Day in the Life” and “Goliath Approaches” in under one thousand words. Assignment Writing Sprint Assignment – PDF This scene is from the 1969 autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou. Sample Scene – PDF Q&A with Shawn – MP3
Continue Reading >>This week, Shawn has assigned a “Lovers Meet” scene with third person omniscient narration. Assignment Writing Sprint Assignment – PDF Shawn Reviews the Assignment – MP3 Q&A with Shawn – MP3 Sample Scene from the 1983 film Terms of Endearment, novel by Larry McMurtry, screenplay by James L. Brooks.
Continue Reading >>This week, Shawn has assigned a “Phone call” scene with third person omniscient narration. Assignment Writing Sprint Assignment – PDF Shawn Reviews the Assignment – MP3 Q&A with Shawn – MP3 These two scenes are both from Thelma and Louise, screenplay by Callie Khouri.
Continue Reading >>This week, Shawn has assigned a “One on One Physical Fight” scene with third person omniscient narration. Assignment Writing Sprint Assignment – PDF Shawn Reviews the Assignment – MP3 The Example is from Cool Hand Luke based on the novel by Donn Pearce, screenplay by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson. Q&A with Shawn – MP3… Read more »
Continue Reading >>This week, Shawn has assigned a “Stranger Knocks at the Door” scene with third person omniscient narration. Assignment Writing Sprint Assignment – PDF Shawn Reviews the Assignment – MP3 Q&A with Shawn – MP3 Note: includes a pre-Q&A discussion about book covers The Example is from No Country For Old Men, the 2007 Coen Brothers’… Read more »
Continue Reading >>This week, Shawn has assigned a “Speech in Praise of the Villain” scene with third person omniscient narration. Assignment Writing Sprint Assignment – PDF Shawn Reviews the Assignment – MP3 Q&A with Shawn – MP3 Sample Scene from the 1993 documentary The War Room by Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker.
Continue Reading >>This week, Shawn has assigned a “Dinner with a Friend” scene with third person omniscient narration. Assignment Writing Sprint Assignment – PDF Shawn Reviews the Assignment – MP3 Q&A with Shawn – MP3 Sample Scene from the 2012 film Zero Dark Thirty, written by Mark Boal and directed by Kathryn Bigelow.
Continue Reading >>This week, Shawn has assigned a “Cast of Hundreds” scene with third person omniscient narration but focused on individual Points of View. Assignment Writing Sprint Assignment – PDF Shawn Reviews the Assignment – MP3 Q&A with Shawn – MP3 Sample Scene from Pride & Prejudice (Jane Austen) – PDF Sample Scene from the 1979 film… Read more »
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