Drafting the Monologue, Day 3: March 6, 2019

Focus: How can we use imagery in our monologues?

1. Warming up with a sample student Empathy Monologue from last year with a focus on sentence variety

2. Drafting. conferencing, and self-editing your monologues

• Are you establishing some of the conflicts in this character's life? 

• Are you identifying a shift in your perspective / turning point / realization?

• Are you / is your character coming to a bigger realization about yourself, others, or the world around you? What is resolved by the end of the monologue?

• Are you using imagery to develop your character?

• Are you using a variety of sentence lengths and structures?

• Need more ideas? Try out the brand new Writing Cards!

3. Offering you a quick overview of how the Coffeehouse Reading works

HW:

1.THURSDAY: PRINTED Empathy Monologue full drafts are due by the beginning of class.

2. MONDAY: FINAL DRAFTS DUE in Turnitin.com; coffeehouse readings of empathy monologues.