The document provides advice on writing short stories from author Kurt Vonnegut. It includes summaries of classic fairy tales "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Cinderella" in 3 sentences each. There are also storyboards for the two tales in 5 panels each. The rest of the document offers guidance on elements of short stories like characters, settings, times, situations, and includes sample prompts and exercises for developing short stories.
This 36 pages free eBook is a collection of 17 practical exercises for artists. I have learnt some of them over the years and designed some to fulfil my own needs. I am a painter, so most of these exercises are visual ones. However, many of them do not require specific artistic skills and are suitable for anyone regardless of their age or level of artistic ability.
These exercises are varied and you probably already own most of the required materials.
You can use them as warm-up before you start a new project or as a way to explore new avenues. I also hope teachers will use these exercises in their classes as they are great fun.
Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and PersuadeHugo Guyader
Slides from the "Advanced Consumer Marketing" course at Linköping University, Sweden.
Robert Cialdini wrote "Pre-Suasion" this 2016. I have already used his previous book "Influence" in a Marketing course on Consumer Behavior for Master's students (http://www.slideshare.net/guyaderhugo/influence-54642692), and this is a series of slides on his new book.
This concept of Pre-Suasion is to create opportunities to persuade. By introducing a sympathetic a concept or idea, before recipients encounter the actual message, in that created Privileged Moment, they already associate positively what comes next.
Where does the creative thought come from? Is it magic? Is the creative skill a genetic gift for only a few? We all are creative, it is our ability of expressing your creativity that may vary.
Creativity needs a method and the right conditions. Just create the right condition and remove the ugly limits that prevent us from being as creative as we can be.
I'll cover also the design topic of the difference between empty and negative space still from a creative point of view.
If you want to learn more about emotional design, check out our Skillshare course: http://skl.sh/1jqYHZ5
This talk has been presented at:
- UXPA 2015
- SoCal UX Camp 2015
- SDXD September Meetup
- Zillow Speaker Series
Very often we say things or write things assuming that people will understand what we said or wrote the way we assumed it would be understood. This is wrong, and this presentation shows how we can recognise another person's thinking and communication style, allowing us to adapt our communications with this person in a more relevant manner
This 36 pages free eBook is a collection of 17 practical exercises for artists. I have learnt some of them over the years and designed some to fulfil my own needs. I am a painter, so most of these exercises are visual ones. However, many of them do not require specific artistic skills and are suitable for anyone regardless of their age or level of artistic ability.
These exercises are varied and you probably already own most of the required materials.
You can use them as warm-up before you start a new project or as a way to explore new avenues. I also hope teachers will use these exercises in their classes as they are great fun.
Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and PersuadeHugo Guyader
Slides from the "Advanced Consumer Marketing" course at Linköping University, Sweden.
Robert Cialdini wrote "Pre-Suasion" this 2016. I have already used his previous book "Influence" in a Marketing course on Consumer Behavior for Master's students (http://www.slideshare.net/guyaderhugo/influence-54642692), and this is a series of slides on his new book.
This concept of Pre-Suasion is to create opportunities to persuade. By introducing a sympathetic a concept or idea, before recipients encounter the actual message, in that created Privileged Moment, they already associate positively what comes next.
Where does the creative thought come from? Is it magic? Is the creative skill a genetic gift for only a few? We all are creative, it is our ability of expressing your creativity that may vary.
Creativity needs a method and the right conditions. Just create the right condition and remove the ugly limits that prevent us from being as creative as we can be.
I'll cover also the design topic of the difference between empty and negative space still from a creative point of view.
If you want to learn more about emotional design, check out our Skillshare course: http://skl.sh/1jqYHZ5
This talk has been presented at:
- UXPA 2015
- SoCal UX Camp 2015
- SDXD September Meetup
- Zillow Speaker Series
Very often we say things or write things assuming that people will understand what we said or wrote the way we assumed it would be understood. This is wrong, and this presentation shows how we can recognise another person's thinking and communication style, allowing us to adapt our communications with this person in a more relevant manner
Drawing A Mind Map From Start To FinishPaul Foreman
Drawing A Mind Map From Start To Finish
Blog Post: http://www.mindmapinspiration.com/drawing-a-mind-map-from-start-to-finish/
You can subscribe to the Mind Map Inspiration Blog to receive new Mind Maps at http://www.mindmapinspiration.com/ and follow me on Twitter @mindmapdrawer http://twitter.com/mindmapdrawer
Also available: E-Books designed to help you create stylish and artistic mind maps of your own - visit the Mind Map Inspiration Website for more details: http://www.mindmapinspiration.co.uk/
Study Jam - Batch 1 UI/UX #2: Design Thinking - Empathize And DefineGDSC2
[🎊 STUDY JAM BATCH 1 🎊]
Hi Folks! 👋
There is more interesting info from us 👀
Are you curious?🤔
I'm here to tell you, we will be holding Study Jam #2 in Batch 1 for UI/UX.💫
Really recommended for those of you who want to continue learning from Study Jam UI/UX #1 yesterday, let's study together, Keep Spirit 🔥
For those of you who are curious, come join us at the UI/UX #2 Study Jam event titled ✨ "UI/UX #2: Design Thinking - Empathize and Define" ✨ with our mentor 🤩.
Join us on:
🗓 : January 14, 2023
🕑 : 3.00 P.M. (WIB)
How to be a great Art Director or DesignerDavid Bell
'Best of the 33 things I know about Art Direction'
What you will learn form this presentation is how to be a better, or even great Art Director. Following on from my highly successful '33 things I know about Art Direction' presentation here the best of that series. I hope that you find this helpful.
Enjoy.
Ps. And please share if you have learnt something from this presentation.
I gave a talk on the role of Design Thinking to leaders in the financial industry. The focus was on user centric thinking to innovate financial products and digital services. (all case material is removed)
Structured Ideation and Design Thinkinggaylecurtis
At the heart of a design thinking process is ideation, the capability for generating and relating ideas.
Brainstorming is a frequently practiced form of ideation, and this presentation describes the four rules of classic brainstorming. It also gives guidance for how to structure brainstorm sessions to drive direct and indirect benefits.
A 25 minute workshop on sketchnoting (visual note taking) which I ran at the UK UXPA Creativity event on 21 March 2013, in London. I ran the workshop 3 times back-to-back and by the end of the evening we had around 50 sketchnotes created by the workshop attendees! Mike Rohde and Peachpit very kindly gave me 3 copies of The Sketchnote Handbook to give away and I picked out 3 budding sketchnoters to receive the books. Thanks to the UK UPA for organising the Creativity event and Sapient Nitro for hosting! And a hat tip to Eva-Lotta Lamm who inspired me to start sketchnoting back in 2011.
From 6 to 126 in 4 Years: The Story Behind Atlassian Designuxpin
You'll learn:
- How to lead design teams through periods of rapid growth
- How to change design processes, build design culture, and scale teams over time
- How to engage engineering and product teams to create a customer-focused organization
To develop a logical, creative and clear mind....pptOH TEIK BIN
A Presentation of a selection of Puzzles, Brain Teasers and Thinking Problems to exercise both the mind and the Right and Left Brain. To help keep the mind and brain fit and healthy. Good for both the young and old alike.
Answers are given for all the puzzles and problems.
Aspiration, confidence, fear of failure and trust play a role in the B2B buying mindset. It sounds obvious, but avoidance of risk is a key component of business continuity and it’s easy to forget that B2B buyers are human beings, rather than rational decision-making robots. Brands need to invest time in understanding how their audience makes decisions if they are to influence them
As thinking human beings and team leaders or architects we can benefit from knowing more about how we think, deliberate and decide. Most teams rely on trust, transparency, collaboration, and collective decision-making. “Thinking, Fast and Slow,” by Daniel Kahneman explains two systems that drive how we think. System 1 thinking is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slow, deliberate, and logical.
In this presentation you learn how fast and slow thinking affects your reactions, behaviors, and decision-making. You’ll explore how several common development practices (with an emphasis on some agile practices), can amplify and exploit your thinking abilities and where they might lead you astray.
Fast thinking works pretty well in a well-known context. You save time when you don’t have to deliberate over details and nuances in order to make informed decisions. But fast thinking can lead to extremely poor decisions. You might jump to conclusions, be wildly optimistic, or greatly under-assess risks and rewards. You need to exploit both fast and slow thinking and be acutely aware of when fast thinking is tripping you up.
A brief primer for designers looking to improve their writing, learn about the historic intertwining of art directors and copywriters, and gain some tips on how to work collaboratively when marrying art and copy to create great work.
Maebh Costello, Director of UX Design Labs, McKesson
Building the first UX team in a global business is very exciting. But handling the resultant demand for the team's multidisciplinary skill set is challenging. I quickly realised that you cannot scale a team by hiring only. I needed to think differently. I needed to use Design Thinking to explore how might we share my team's resources with our primary users, software developers. We re-envisioned how we share our design resources. This innovation leads to the creation of cutting edge technical solutions, enabling developers to access and use the design resources in their development environments. Learn how we at McKesson's global UX design labs team used this strategy to invigorate our workflow and scale.
Key Takes:
Design Thinking works, don't be afraid to use it on yourself and your team.
Make the most of your design resources such as Design Systems and UX Writing Style guides.
Bring design resource to the users environment.
Scale your UX Design team with design thinking.
Drawing A Mind Map From Start To FinishPaul Foreman
Drawing A Mind Map From Start To Finish
Blog Post: http://www.mindmapinspiration.com/drawing-a-mind-map-from-start-to-finish/
You can subscribe to the Mind Map Inspiration Blog to receive new Mind Maps at http://www.mindmapinspiration.com/ and follow me on Twitter @mindmapdrawer http://twitter.com/mindmapdrawer
Also available: E-Books designed to help you create stylish and artistic mind maps of your own - visit the Mind Map Inspiration Website for more details: http://www.mindmapinspiration.co.uk/
Study Jam - Batch 1 UI/UX #2: Design Thinking - Empathize And DefineGDSC2
[🎊 STUDY JAM BATCH 1 🎊]
Hi Folks! 👋
There is more interesting info from us 👀
Are you curious?🤔
I'm here to tell you, we will be holding Study Jam #2 in Batch 1 for UI/UX.💫
Really recommended for those of you who want to continue learning from Study Jam UI/UX #1 yesterday, let's study together, Keep Spirit 🔥
For those of you who are curious, come join us at the UI/UX #2 Study Jam event titled ✨ "UI/UX #2: Design Thinking - Empathize and Define" ✨ with our mentor 🤩.
Join us on:
🗓 : January 14, 2023
🕑 : 3.00 P.M. (WIB)
How to be a great Art Director or DesignerDavid Bell
'Best of the 33 things I know about Art Direction'
What you will learn form this presentation is how to be a better, or even great Art Director. Following on from my highly successful '33 things I know about Art Direction' presentation here the best of that series. I hope that you find this helpful.
Enjoy.
Ps. And please share if you have learnt something from this presentation.
I gave a talk on the role of Design Thinking to leaders in the financial industry. The focus was on user centric thinking to innovate financial products and digital services. (all case material is removed)
Structured Ideation and Design Thinkinggaylecurtis
At the heart of a design thinking process is ideation, the capability for generating and relating ideas.
Brainstorming is a frequently practiced form of ideation, and this presentation describes the four rules of classic brainstorming. It also gives guidance for how to structure brainstorm sessions to drive direct and indirect benefits.
A 25 minute workshop on sketchnoting (visual note taking) which I ran at the UK UXPA Creativity event on 21 March 2013, in London. I ran the workshop 3 times back-to-back and by the end of the evening we had around 50 sketchnotes created by the workshop attendees! Mike Rohde and Peachpit very kindly gave me 3 copies of The Sketchnote Handbook to give away and I picked out 3 budding sketchnoters to receive the books. Thanks to the UK UPA for organising the Creativity event and Sapient Nitro for hosting! And a hat tip to Eva-Lotta Lamm who inspired me to start sketchnoting back in 2011.
From 6 to 126 in 4 Years: The Story Behind Atlassian Designuxpin
You'll learn:
- How to lead design teams through periods of rapid growth
- How to change design processes, build design culture, and scale teams over time
- How to engage engineering and product teams to create a customer-focused organization
To develop a logical, creative and clear mind....pptOH TEIK BIN
A Presentation of a selection of Puzzles, Brain Teasers and Thinking Problems to exercise both the mind and the Right and Left Brain. To help keep the mind and brain fit and healthy. Good for both the young and old alike.
Answers are given for all the puzzles and problems.
Aspiration, confidence, fear of failure and trust play a role in the B2B buying mindset. It sounds obvious, but avoidance of risk is a key component of business continuity and it’s easy to forget that B2B buyers are human beings, rather than rational decision-making robots. Brands need to invest time in understanding how their audience makes decisions if they are to influence them
As thinking human beings and team leaders or architects we can benefit from knowing more about how we think, deliberate and decide. Most teams rely on trust, transparency, collaboration, and collective decision-making. “Thinking, Fast and Slow,” by Daniel Kahneman explains two systems that drive how we think. System 1 thinking is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slow, deliberate, and logical.
In this presentation you learn how fast and slow thinking affects your reactions, behaviors, and decision-making. You’ll explore how several common development practices (with an emphasis on some agile practices), can amplify and exploit your thinking abilities and where they might lead you astray.
Fast thinking works pretty well in a well-known context. You save time when you don’t have to deliberate over details and nuances in order to make informed decisions. But fast thinking can lead to extremely poor decisions. You might jump to conclusions, be wildly optimistic, or greatly under-assess risks and rewards. You need to exploit both fast and slow thinking and be acutely aware of when fast thinking is tripping you up.
A brief primer for designers looking to improve their writing, learn about the historic intertwining of art directors and copywriters, and gain some tips on how to work collaboratively when marrying art and copy to create great work.
Maebh Costello, Director of UX Design Labs, McKesson
Building the first UX team in a global business is very exciting. But handling the resultant demand for the team's multidisciplinary skill set is challenging. I quickly realised that you cannot scale a team by hiring only. I needed to think differently. I needed to use Design Thinking to explore how might we share my team's resources with our primary users, software developers. We re-envisioned how we share our design resources. This innovation leads to the creation of cutting edge technical solutions, enabling developers to access and use the design resources in their development environments. Learn how we at McKesson's global UX design labs team used this strategy to invigorate our workflow and scale.
Key Takes:
Design Thinking works, don't be afraid to use it on yourself and your team.
Make the most of your design resources such as Design Systems and UX Writing Style guides.
Bring design resource to the users environment.
Scale your UX Design team with design thinking.
A workshop given to elementary school teachers about using creative and critical thinking in the elementary school classroom. Strategies, definitions, and tools are provided.
Get ready for more fun in the classroom this October!
Teach your students the vocabulary they need with our spooky, Halloween-themed crossword
Talk about “strange” things that occur and listen to an audio about Alice in Wonderland
Analyse the creepy language used by Michael Jackson in his hit “Thriller”
Teach your students how to express fear in English!
Contents
Synthetic Fiber Construction in lab .pptxPavel ( NSTU)
Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
Embracing GenAI - A Strategic ImperativePeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
The French Revolution, which began in 1789, was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France. It marked the decline of absolute monarchies, the rise of secular and democratic republics, and the eventual rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. This revolutionary period is crucial in understanding the transition from feudalism to modernity in Europe.
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2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
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In this webinar you will learn how your organization can access TechSoup's wide variety of product discount and donation programs. From hardware to software, we'll give you a tour of the tools available to help your nonprofit with productivity, collaboration, financial management, donor tracking, security, and more.
Developing Critical Thinking Through Creative Writing Exercises
1.
2. Three Sentence Summary
Summary of “Little Red Riding Hood”:
Red is naïve and gullible.
Red meets Wolf.
Red is cautious and mature.
3. Three Sentence Summary
Summary of “Cinderella”:
Cinderella is a poor slave.
Cinderella meets Prince.
Cinderella is a happy princess.
4. Story-Boarding
“Little Red Riding Hood”
Panel One: Red’s mother asking her to take the goodies
to Grandma
Panel Two: Conversation with the wolf
Panel Three: Wolf getting to Grandma’s house
Panel Four: Red at Grandma’s, about to be eaten
Panel Five: The woodsman saving everyone
5. Story-Boarding
“Cinderella”
Panel One: Cinderella is cleaning the house when she
hears about the ball.
Panel Two: Cinderella meets the Fairy Godmother.
Panel Three: Cinderella dances with the Prince.
Panel Four: Cinderella loses one glass slipper.
Panel Five: The shoe fits.
6. On the Shapes of Stories
A short lecture by Kurt Vonnegut
7. “Thanatos Palace Hotel”by Andre
Maurois
1) What problems does the author pose in the opening?
(2) What words show the mood of the main character?
(3) Why does the author bring in the character of Gertrude Owen?
**
"How’s AMSTEEL doing?” Jean Monnier asked.
“Fifty-nine and a quarter,” one of the typists in the pool answered. The
clattering typewriters were beating out a syncopated jazz rhythm. Through the
windows one glimpsed the concrete giants of Manhattan. Telephones shrilled,
ribbons of ticker tape unfurled and, at incredible speed, littered the office floor
with sinister streamers speckled with letters and figures.
“AmSteel?” Jean Monnier asked again.
“Fifty-nine,” Gertrude Owen answered. She stopped a moment to glance at the
young Frenchman. Sunk in a chair, his head in his hands, he looked utterly
devastated. One more who’s played the market, she thought. Too bad for him! . . .
And too bad for Fanny . . Jean Monnier, assigned to the New York branch of the
Holmann Bank, had married his American secretary two years before.
8. “Flowers in Season”
by Andre Maurois
(1) Who is the main character of the story? What is his mood in the opening scene?
(2) What is the main conflict? What do you think will happen by the end of the story to
the main character?
(3) What purpose do the two caretakers serve in the opening scene? Will the author use
them later in the story?
Etienne Carlut got out of the taxi in front of the main gate to the Montparnasse
cemetery. He was carrying a bunch of chrysanthemums aflame with all the fires of
autumn, from rust red to vivid yellow. As he passed the two caretakers who guard the
entrance, one of them saluted. Encumbered by his flowers, he replied merely with a nod.
“You know him, chief?”
“A little, yes. He’s a professor. They buried his wife over in Section 7, end of July.
He comes every Thursday—he has no classes that day. He told me that—at the
beginning.”
“Too young to be a widower. He won’t be coming long.”
“You never can tell. No, you never can tell. It depends on the kind of person.”
11. Your Character
1. a forest gnome
2. a photographer
3. a high school student
4. a restaurant owner or manager
5. an alien from outer space
6. a space scientist
7. a wizard
8. a middle school teacher
9. a kid
10. a jazz musician
12. Your Setting
1. the Grand Canyon
2. a beach with high cliffs
3. a costume party
4. school playground
5. an antiques store
6. a city park
7. old farmhouse
8. a polluted stream
9. a library
10. a concert hall
13. Your Time
1. during a snowball fight
2. after a strange spacecraft landed nearby
3. on the night of the full moon in October
4. during school vacation
5. just before the Solar eclipse
6. late at night
7. after a big thunderstorm has passed
8. in early spring
9. first week of the school year
10. during a concert
14. Your Situation/Challenge
1. an important decision needs to be made
2. a secret needs to be confessed to someone else
3. someone's pride has been injured
4. someone needs to make a choice
5. someone has found or lost something
6. someone has accused someone else of doing something
wrong
7. reminiscing on how things have changed
8. someone feels like giving up
9. something embarrassing has just happened
10. someone has just reached an important goal
15. Your Story
Write a story with the character, setting, time period,
and situation that you've chosen. Combine these
elements as you wish, but include all four in your story.
Feel free to add other characters and settings.
16. Lost in the Woods
You are lost in the woods at night. As you are trying to
find your way out, your flashlight catches a glistening
gold color in the hills to the north. You take two steps
in the general direction of the hills. Suddenly, a burst
of freezing cold air smacks you in the face. The air feels
almost tangible.
17. Lost in the Woods
Write about what happens next.
Start with: Under normal circumstances, I …
Pick a number between 1 and 6. Go to the next page to
find the last sentence of your story.
18. Lost in the Woods
1. And that’s how I ended up inventing compass-glasses.
2. Now you know why the smell of burning wood
always evokes such mixed feelings in me.
3. It’s a bit creepy to know that what sounds like fiction
is really true.
4. Thank goodness the realtor was a good sport.
5. Next time, I will take the high road.
6. The next time somebody tells you there’s money in
the hills, listen.
19. It’s All in Your Head
Congratulations on your new job writing for an upstart
supermarket tabloid! Unfortunately, your budget is
limited. You only have a pen and a notebook. When
you ask your boss how you are supposed to do
research, he says, “Everything you need is already in
your head. Just write.” Before he leaves you in the
office, he gives you the headline for today’s feature
story.
Pick a number between 1 and 6.
20. It’s All in Your Head
1. Woman Born with Wings Takes Flight
2. Flute-Playing Mermaid Spotted in Downtown
Tucson Practicing Scales
3. Mummified Man with Ten Thousand Bee Stings
Found in the Desert
4. Boy with Static Electricity Disease Sparks Major Fire
5. Talking Horse Hoarse from Cheering at Ft. Myers
Racetrack
6. Policeman Arrested for Posing as Person Posing as
Policeman
21. Confessions
You are on a long-distance bus ride. A few hours into
your trip, a new person gets on and sits next to you.
You are sure you’ll never see this person again, so you
decide to confess something to this person.
Start with: A while back…
Pick a number between 1 and 6.
22. Confessions:
Words to Use in Your Confession
1. counterfeit, chamber, Chinatown, cheated, chain
2. pirate, papers, permission, pickle, prohibited
3. accident, arson, arrest, afterthought, anxious
4. misunderstood, money, murder, memory, master
plan
5. lawyer, lost, loot, lifted, love
6. fog, forge, filth, fraud, forgotten
23.
24. Dialogue
“Hi,” she said.
“Hello,” he said.
“Did you have a good day?” she said.
“I sure did,” he said.
“Good,” she said.
25. Dialogue
“You’re red,” Jeanine said quietly.
“A snake. I bought a snake,” I said hesitatingly.
“You bought a snake?” she said dryly. “You bought a
snake.”
“From Andy…,” I said tersely.
“Oh my!” Jeanine said loudly. “It’s in the box! You
brought a snake in here!”
“No, no,” I said gently.
“You can’t do this,” she said unhappily. “Not in my
house.”
26. Dialogue
“You’re red,” Jeanine said.
“A snake. I bought a snake,” I whispered.
“You bought a snake?” she exclaimed. “You bought a
snake.”
“From Andy…,” I responded.
“Oh my!” Jeanine shouted. “It’s in the box! You brought a
snake in here!”
“No, no,” I replied.
“You can’t do this,” she stated. “Not in my house.”
27. Dialogue
“You’re red,” Jeanine said when I walked in the apartment, my
arms slung around the huge box marked FRAGILE: EGGS.
“A snake,” I said. “I bought a snake.” The huge box shifted in
my arms.
“You bought a snake?” She sneered a bit, then turned a page
in her magazine. “You bought a snake.” Now she was saying it
just to hear herself.
“From Andy….” The bottom of the box was wet. My new
snake.
“Oh my! It’s in the box! You brought a snake in here!” She was
screaming now, rising from the couch, arming herself by
rolling the magazine.
I turned from her. “No, no.”
28. How to Write a Good Short Story
Advice from Kurt Vonnegut