Estimated Time: 60 minutes

One way to become a better writer is to read good writing.

Read:

This week read "Holy the Firm" by Annie Dillard in The Norton Sampler: Short Essays for Composition on page 2.

Writing Project

Choosing Your Twist

This month you’ll write your own Twisted Tale. That means you’ll take a story you already know and give it a big change.
You have two choices for your twist:

• Change the setting. Move your story to a completely different time or place.
  • By changing the setting, the characters and other details will need to change, as well.
• Change the narrator. Retell your story from a surprising point of view.
  • In The Book Thief, Death tells the story. Can you come up with a way to retell an old favorite story with an unusual narrator?

👉 Read this article bout modern twists on old classics to give you some ideas of how other authors have accomplished this.

Your task:

Write down 2–3 story options you could twist. Pick your favorite by the end of the week.