O2 Fictional writing / speaking 09/02/21

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

How are you doing?

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Assignment

Through teams' assignment function

Flash Fiction

Lesson aims

- I can write a short creative story.

- I know how to make a flash fiction story interesting.

Time to talk

• Talk to each other about the flash fiction stories you wrote.
• You'll have around 10 minutes.
• Try to give each other feedback on what you would do differently. 
• Make sure to be nice about it.

Let's look at an example

“Asthma Attack” by Etgar Keret

When you're having an asthma attack, you don't have any breath. When you don't have any breath, it's hard to speak. You're limited by the amount of air you can spend from your lungs. That's not much, something between three to six words. It gives the word a meaning. You're searching through the piles of words in your head, picking the most important ones. And they have a cost. It's not like the healthy people that take out every word that has accumulated in their head like garbage. When someone, while having an asthma attack, says "I love you" or "I really love you", there's a difference. A word difference. And a word is a lot, because that word could have been "sit", "Ventolin" or even "ambulance".

What makes this story interesting?

Get ready to take notes!

Important tips for writing flash fiction

• Use strong imagery.
  
• Stick to one moment.
• Try first person point of view.
• Only use one or two characters.
• Surprise your reader.

Please, have a look at your own stories with these tips in mind.

Have you already used any of these practices?

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