Please check out author Nathan Branford's blog entry on dialogue tips. Be ready to discuss these tips on Wednesday with provided examples.
http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2010/09/seven-keys-to-writing-good-dialogue.html
One of the best rhyming dictionaries I have found online is www.rhymezone.com. This might come in handy when we are doing our formed poems in the next few weeks.
In this course, we will tackle many typical genres-- think short stories, poetry, screenplays-- but also experiment with less typical ones-- serial "tweet" stories, podcasts, letters to the editor-- all of which full under the very large umbrella of Creative Writing today. If you are interested in learning not only the ins and outs of...
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