Review of session 19 May

This is how the session went:

Reminder of POINT OF VIEW WRITING: outline of an incident from different points of view with the objective of identifying examples of different 'points of view' writing.
WRITING TASKS
Preparation for writing: scene setting, establishing a common understanding of the context: a train carriage and its associated passengers. Establishing the moment a young 16-year old girl, pregnant, enters the smoking compartment and asks “Have you got a light?
Writing: from various perspectives of these travellers, including: 3rd person past; 1st person though the essays of the girl; 3rd person watching the whole seen, which could include personification, for example through the eyes of the CCTV camera, the cigarette; or through the eyes of someone who does not speak the language.

Writings were read aloud and there was discussion as to which perspective we found easier/more difficult/more satisfying to write in, and the effects on the narrative construction in general.

There is a follow-up to this session. Outline of tasks to be written in preparation for next session will be posted in the blog.

FINAL SESSION FOR THE SEMESTER 16th June, 12.00 – 14.00, room 202.