We talked about your narrative story/profiles ideas. Those of you who came to class -- yes, I'm calling out those students not in class and reminding them they are still responsible for the work they missed -- have some direction on which stories you're going to pursue. Because, very likely, a narrative/profile story of some kind will be due before class on March 6. This next week NEEDS to be spent interviewing and spending time reporting and researching your piece. You should have zeroed in on your story, talked to that person, and hopefully spent some appreciable time with them, writing all of that down in your notebook. We will discuss the reporting next class. And then you will begin writing. Game on. If you have not made decent progress on your profile by Monday, I suggest you email me. You should begin panicking, because panic is good for the writer's soul -- it makes you act. Nothing like a deadline to get you out of the chair and into the reporting frame-of-mind.
Also:
- Read Chapter 6.
- In "Next Wave," read "Introduction: The New Masters" (it's short) and "Tonight on Dateline This Man Will Die" and "The Unspeakable Choice." The first story is a rapid-fire action piece, entirely reconstructed. Think about how he got those details, since he wasn't there when it went down. (Clue: It was filmed for a TV show.) The second story unfolds mostly before the reporter's eyes -- and it takes an abstract idea and makes it concrete.
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