Assignment: Autobiography and faux autobiography. 6 word memoirs, 55 word and 400 word stories. Pick two forms, write a “real” and “fictional” version in each. Make a web page for your stories, and put this page on your server space. Feel free to add images, etc. Email me the link to your stories
Readings: Tell Me A Story: Narrative and Intelligence, Roger Shank, Excerpt “Chapter 2: Where Stories Come From and Why We Tell Them” (handout). Telling Tails, Tim O’Brien, from the Atlantic Monthly, 8/09: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/2009/08/telling-tails/7533/
Resources: SmithMag 6-word Stories. Read 55-Word story guidelines (handout) and online examples on LiveJournal. Read 400 word stories at 400Words.com. Listen to or read Three-Minute Fiction on NPR.
the link for the first assignment….i completely forgot about it
http://student2.bennington.edu/~ishrestha/autobiography.html