Lesson 4 Assignments

[Timothy Barley]

Tim Barley’s Finished Act 3

What I learned from doing this assignment is that I’m getting a handle on the writing rules even though I know my page count is going to be way short.

Rule 1: A

Rule 2: A

Rule 3: A

Rule 4: A

Rule 5: A

Rule 6: A

[Elizabeth Dickinson]

Elizabeth Dickinson Finished Act 3

What I learned doing this assignment is that my reverse engineering pays off in reinforcing that I’m covering most intrigue elements.

Rule 1:
Use empowering self talk. Cheer yourself on.

Mostly use

Rule 2:
Understand writing in drafts.

Always use

Rule 3:
Choose speed over quality for EARLY drafts.

Still working on this

Rule 4:
Allow yourself to start (or continue) without all the answers.

Getting better at this

Rule 5:
Keep moving. Don’t allow yourself to ever stall out.

Getting better at this

Rule 6:
Even if you can’t create it now, you will be able to at some point in the
future!

Have faith in this

[Avi K]

Avi Kapurala’s Finished Act 3

What I learned from doing this lesson is: I’m not sure if I’m the only one feeling this way, but it takes time when you have a lot of scenes! Still holding on to the rules and plugging away as quickly as possible without stalling.

Rule 1: Use empowering self talk. Cheer yourself on. A

Rule 2: Understand writing in drafts. A

Rule 3: Choose speed over quality for EARLY drafts. A

Rule 4: Allow yourself to start (or continue) without all the answers. A

Rule 5: Keep moving. Don’t allow yourself to ever stall out. A

Rule 6: Even if you can’t create it now, you will be able to at some point in the future! B

[Laurie Brown]

Laurie Brown Finished Act 3

What I learned from doing this assignment is that it’s hard to stop speed writing.

I love speed-writing and as long as I don’t stop for more than five minutes I don’t polish my writing. I am using what I wrote in the outline but sometimes the turning points don’t seem as strong as they should be but I’m assuming I will work on that when I go through the draft revisions later. I’d give myself an A- or B+ overall on the speed writing with emphasis on stick to the outline.

[Wendy Weising]

Wendy Weising’s Finished Act 3

What I learned doing this assignment is that even though I’m behind in assignments, I’m going to catch up. I’m telling my inner critic to shut up, and I’m just writing it.

Because of all the work that we did on character development, my characters have their own voices when I write dialogue.

[P.G. Sundling]

5. Answer the question, “What I learned doing this assignment is…?” and put it at the top of your work.

Techniques I came up with to show time lapse clearly and simply will improve act 3 and act 4.

1. Do another quick rating of your use so far on each of the High Speed Writing Rules so we can see the improvement.

A. Consistently use.

B. Some use.

C. Need to start using.

Rule 1: A

Rule 2: A

Rule 3: A I did rush through some new sections. My first drafts tend to be good anyway.

Rule 4: A I forged on with how to represent time lapse.

Rule 5: A

Rule 6: A

2. Continue to write scene after scene until you have Act 3 complete.

3. Do a quick edit, but don’t spend time trying to make the words perfect. We’ll do that in the final draft.

4. Tell us any insights you had using the High Speed Writing Rules or writing Act 3.

I did 18 pages of adaptation yesterday. I came up with visual ways to represent all the video reactions, plus otherwise boring actions. I mostly skipped research on formatting it and found my own path.