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=**Exercises for creating stories**=

**Exercise 1 - Stories and Life**
Write your own ad for the personal column, briefly introduce yourself. Try and be honest AND entertaining (but keep it anonymous)

===**Exercise 2 - How many different stories?** === Discuss the __ 8 basic story types __, using popular examples from film and books. (ie. The Quest, Voyage & Return, Overcoming the Monster, The monster as Hero, Rags to Riches, Comedy, Tragedy & Rebirth) What is your favourite film or book? which type of story is it? Which is better and why? A film or a book

**Exercise 3 - Short short story**
Write a story in three sentences (a beginning, a middle and an end)

**Exercise 4 - Creating a monster**
Use elements of people you know, imagination and empathy to step inside someone's head. (write in the 1st person. Use photos of faces)

**Exercise 5 - A conversation**
In pairs, write a brief scene for two characters speaking. Using dialogue only, show the relationship & situation indirectly. Try not to be too explicit. (two kids in the playground, parent & teenager, grandchild & grandparent, married couple, a singles pick-up bar, doctor & patient, boss & employee)

**Exercise 6 - The face in the mirror**
Talk to the face that you see in the mirror. Is he or she you or someone else? If the face could talk back to you what would it say?