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Avoir une écriture créative (17 juin)
Les cours Lumni - LycéeDans 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.
Share your stories on Twitter & Instagram avec #flashfiction ou #englishfiction
Réalisateur : Didier Fraisse
Producteur : France tv studio
Année de copyright : 2020
Année de production : 2020
Année de diffusion : 2020
Publié le 17/06/20
Modifié le 17/06/20