Tuesday and Wednesday, 9/23--9/24

* Open

• Prefixes
• Mania—obsession
• Meter—measure
• Micro—small
• Terms
• Protagonist: the main character in a narrative (originally, the main character in a Greek tragedy)
• Antagonist: character, force (such as nature), or other obstacle opposing the goal of the main character

* Review dynamic and static characters.

* Journal Review

* Working on Your Short Story

• Identify a protagonist; think of people you actually know.  Change them up a wee bit. 
• Identify an antagonist (character, internal conflict, natural force, or other combination). 
• How will you generate tension between the protagonist and the antagonist? 
• Share ideas. 
• Work in class. 

 More on Formatting:

• Two or more pages
• Less than 2,100 words (fewer than five pages)
• Example Contest Winner from Bookshop Santa Cruz: "Among the Trees" by Breanna Eddy 
• Submission Link for Next Week: Bookshop Santa Cruz Young Writers (through age 17) 

HW: Work on your story.  You will need to upload it into turnitin.com by tomorrow, midnight (that means you will have some to work in class tomorrow).  Then we will peer edit on block day.