Use this line from another American writer and build your own story from it:
“…he took what he considered a short cut homewards through the swamp. Like most short cuts, it was an ill-chosen route… It was full of pits and quagmires, partly covered with weeds and mosses, where the green surface often betrayed the traveller into a gulf of black, smothering mud.”
Be sure to:
Write a narrative response that develops a real or imagined experience.
• Include a problem, situation, or observation and its significance.
• Establish one or more points of view.
• Introduce a narrator and/or characters.
• Organize events so that they progress smoothly.
○ Use a variety of techniques consistently to sequence the events to build toward a
particular tone and outcome.
• Use dialogue, description, pacing, reflection, and/or multiple plot lines to:
○ develop events.
○ develop characters.
○ develop experiences.
• Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to create a vivid picture of
the events, setting, and/or characters.
• Include a conclusion that reflects on what has been resolved, experienced, or observed in your
narrative.
• Check your work for correct usage, grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.
