Dialogue: Tell Me How You Really Feel
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is for students to develop their skills of mixing dialogue with action. Description: Communication...
Dialogue: From Screen to Page
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is for students to develop their skills of mixing dialogue with action. Also for them to practice...
Dialogue: Don't Mind Me, I'm Just Changing Your Story
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is for students to develop their skills in writing dialogue that both reveals character and moves...
Dialogue: "I think I've heard this one before"
Purpose: Students will practice managing large sections of dialogue in a single setting. Description: Raymond Carver wrote several...
What Is It? Enriching Descriptive Writing
Purpose: This exercise stimulates students to enrich their descriptive writing by using a plain object and writing about it in an...
Symbols of Memory: Using Details to Establish Meaning
Purpose: This activity could be useful as a tool for exploring the use of sensory detail and memory to express emotions; it teaches...
Food and Family: Description
Purpose: This activity is intended to inspire students to write very descriptively, and it can be used as an invention exercise for a...
Exploding a Moment: Developing Details
Purpose: This activity helps students develop their ideas and can be used at any stage in the writing process, but is often most helpful...
Underline, List, and Highlight: Improving Drafts in Conference
Purpose: This exercise helps students analyze three essential elements of their paper: thesis, arguments and research. It can be applied...
Conducting Student-centered Conferences
Purpose: These strategies will help instructors organize and structure effective student-centered conference sessions. Description: This...