Character, Setting and Plot
Two characters is enough for a short story.
True
True or False: After you finish your story, don't proofread. Pray to the Gods of marking and press submit.
False
What is the name of the villain in 'A Good Man is Hard to Find'?
the Misfit
True or False: When writing a fictional story that comes from your life, change the names.
Flannery O'Connor died at the age of a)29 b)39 c)49
39
What are the three main types of story questions?
conflict, decision and discovery
True or false: include a cover page in your final story.
False
Name two First Nations writers we've studied on this course.
Karen Wyld
Samuel Wagan Watson
Bryan Andy
When is it a good idea to get a sensitivity reading?
when you're writing about a minority or cultural group different from your own
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Name three ways you can show character in your story.
dialogue, action, what their wearing, what's in their fridge, what's on their bookshelf
Why is this an incomplete sentence? Fred’s tangerine mustang.
It's a sentence fragment. It's missing a verb.
'A pretty little dachshund' features in which story?
'The Landlady' by Roald Dahl?
What margin should you use in your final story?
2.54 centemetres
Which writer that we read on this course published over 400 short stories?
Ray Bradbury
'"The _____ died and then the ____ died" is
a _____. " The _____ died, and then the
_____ died of grief" is a _____.' Fill in the blanks and tell us the author of these words.
"The king died and then the queen died" is
a story. "The king died, and then the
queen died of grief" is a plot.'
E.M. Forster
What's the technical term for what is wrong with this sentence and how can you fix it? Fred drove 130 kilometres an hour all the way from Byron to Brisbane, two weeks later he received six tickets in the post.
It's a run-on sentence, aka a comma splice. Replace comma with a semi-colon or a full stop.
At the end of 'Kaleidoscope', what does Hollis want and does he get it?
He wants to 'do one good thing' and he does. Hollis explodes like a shooting star and a little boy on earth makes a wish.
What is a 'dinkus'?
a typographic symbol placed between sections/scenes in a story
Who said 'we all come out from under Gogol's "Overcoat"' and what did he mean by this?
Fyodor Dostoevsky. He was referring to how influential Gogol's story, 'The Overcoat' was on himself and other writers.
When writing about how to create a story world, David Gerrold warns us, 'A reader will suspend disbelief, he will not suspend ________ _________.
common sense
What is the problem with this sentence and what's the grammatical term for it? Changing the oil every three thousand miles, the Mustang seemed to run better.
What word is repeated in the opening to the story by Anton Chekhov that we read and what is the significance?
'Dog' is repeated in 'The Lady with a Pet Dog' because Gurov initially sees Anna as a pet, something to play with and not take seriously, like all women. By the end, he has changed his views.
What is the average income from writing for professional writers in Australia (+/- $1,000)?
$11,000 a year
source: Writers Victoria
Who was the first First Nations writer to have their stories published in Australia?
David Unaipon
1872-1967
Ngarrindjeri Nation