As literary enthusiasts and critics, each member of the literary club is also a writer. During this week's discussion, you will be working on development of a new character and plan to share with the group.
- Create a new character who
- is real or imagined.
- has a distinct manner of behaving or style of talking.
- is not an existing character in literature, movies, or television.
- Place the character in a contemporary setting facing a current-events issue.
- Narrate a 5-paragraph episode or vignette in either of the following:
- Raymond Carver's style
- Anne Tyler's style
- Place this character in both
- a situation in which he or she plays a public role (the public persona shown to others).
- a situation showing the character's private persona (the real character when no one is watching).