Week 4: Creative Writing: Due Monday January 30.
After reading pages xv-30, 223-245, and 273-286 of What If, complete the following
creative exercises.
1. Using the detailed directions on p. 7-11 as a prompt, write ten (or more) of your
own opening lines for ten different stories.
2. Using the detailed directions on p. 12-13 as a prompt, choose one of your first
sentences from the first exercise and take it to five entirely different stories by
adding five (or more!) different second sentences.
3. Choose one of your first/second sentence combinations from exercise 2 and
continue writing to complete a short-short story of 500-1000 words.
4. Alternatively, you may write 2 or 3 flash fictions of 250-500 words. Feel free to
try one or more of the prompts in Part 11 (223-246) if you wish.
5. With your submitted story, write a paragraph or so on what you wanted to explore
here and how you feel about the story you wrote. What are you most satisfied
with, and least satisfied, in this piece?
Submit by Monday, January 30.
 List of 10 or more first lines.
 List of 5 or more first line/second line combinations.
 Your complete short-short story (500 words and up), OR your 2 or 3 flash fictions
(250 words and up).
 A paragraph on how you feel about the story/ies you wrote.
Submit a short-short story or 2 flash fictions to your new writing (Tree) group also
by Monday, January 30.