Avoir une écriture créative (17 juin)

Dans ce cours, les professeurs d'anglais Mélanie et Laurent proposent de s'exercer à l'écriture avec l'aide de David Gaffney et James Mark Miller, des auteurs de micro-fiction, des histoires ne dépassant pas les 150 mots.

Retrouvez le support de cours en PDF.

Les conseils pour écrire une micro-fiction

How can we write flash fiction?

• Think about the premise of your story and then develop it into a plot. To do this: start with the end!
• Focus on what the reader really needs to know about the character. Do not include too much description.
• Create gaps that the reader will be able to fill.
• Do not make the story too practical. Keep some poetic or figurative language.

 What makes this story "effective"?

• It starts in medias res.
• The focus is on the actions & emotions;
• The verbs in the simple past move the story forward.
• Short sentences and frequent line breaks increase the suspense.
• The familiarity of the situation makes it relatable.
• The repeated use of the  definite article "the" increases the reader’s allegiance.
• There are gaps for the reader to fill.
• The external narrator is omniscient.
• The writer plays with the reader’s expectations.

Proposition d'activités

Writing workshop

He awoke in the night…

Use this opening line to write your own text

Step 1

Think about your ending

Step 2

Think about how you are going to get there: PLAN YOUR STORY

• Choose a tone, the characters and the narrative voice, the next actions.
• Introduce a problem.
• Remember your ending.

Step 3

Start writing: CHOOSE YOUR WORDS

• Picture the scene in your mind.
• Mind your conjugation (preterite or past prefect).
• Use precise words.

Step 4

Give a voice to your character through direct speech / indirech speech

• Mind the punctuation.
• Choose the right speech verbs / BE + ING to provide an explanation about an action.
• Let the narrator speak for the character.

Step 5

Play with the reader’s expectations

• Introduce a reveal

Step 6

End the story: surprise the reader

• Let the reader reconsider the whole story & make their own interpretation.
• Start a new line to increase the surprise.

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