{"product_id":"once-upon-a-time-in-the-twentyfirst-century-unexpected-exercises-in-creative-writing-9780817359423","title":"Once Upon a Time in the TwentyFirst Century","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA unique creative writing text that will appeal to a wide range of readers and writers - from grade nine through college and beyond. The exercises use a broad range of creative approaches, aesthetics, and voices, all with an emphasis on demystifying the writing process and having fun.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 1. Genres and Forms Galore\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. I'll Put a Spell on You by Pia Simone Garber, A. B. Gorham, Megan Paonessa, and Betsy Seymour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe art of spell writing, using repetition, and chanting.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. Bake a Cake in an Earthquake: How-To Guides and Process Descriptions by Pia Simone Garber, A. B. Gorham, Megan Paonessa, and Betsy Seymour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLet a story emerge from your instructions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. Guidebooks Galore! Chart Uncharted Places by Pia Simone Garber, A. B. Gorham, Megan Paonessa, and Betsy Seymour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreate a guide to your room, cell phone, refrigerator, and more.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. Postcard Stories by Zachary Doss, Meredith Noseworthy, and Bethany Startin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo characters have an exotic exchange through postcards.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. Creative Nonfiction by Kenny Kruse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwenty little memoir projects, plus a squirrel.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. Tropes Unlimited: Genre Fiction by Kristin Aardsma and Brian Oliu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplore the habits of genre fiction (fantasy, horror, sci-fi, mystery, etc.) and put them to use.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7. Where Frankenstein Meets Frodo, Part One: Creating a Character for Genre Fiction by Creating Their Facebook Page by Kristin Aardsma and Brian Oliu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLike Frankenstein's creator, build a character bit by bit until it's ready to come to life in your own genre fiction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8. Where Frankenstein Meets Frodo, Part Two: Our Hero's Hundred-Story Hotel and Other Settings for Your Genre Fiction Character by Kristin Aardsma and Brian Oliu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGive your main character a room (or rooms) of their own.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 9. What's Your Alibi? by Jessie Bailey, Jesse Delong, A. B. Gorham, and Lisa Tallin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow will your character explain their way out of this one?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 10. Interviews: For Groups Large and Small by Jenny Gropp and Stephen Hess\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“I feel that I am as necessary as my face”: conduct an absurdist interview.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 11. Once Upon a Time in the Twenty-First Century: Retelling Fairy Tales by Pia Simone Garber\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy was Little Red Riding Hood so readily tricked by the Big Bad Wolf and what would you have done in her place?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 12. “Is He for Real?”: Character-Based Flash Fiction, Part One: Defining a Character through Action and Dialogue by Katie Berger, Laura Kochman, and Brandi Wells\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConjure up a living, breathing character in as few words as possible.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 13. “Is He for Real?”: Character-Based Flash Fiction, Part Two: Defining a Character through an Unexpected Setting by Katie Berger, Laura Kochman, and Brandi Wells\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“The mermaid sitting in my tree was drenched . . .”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 14. Collaboration with Fly: Learning from Lydia Davis by Stephen Hess\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBe inspired by this flash fiction master's work to write your own flash fiction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 15. The Relationship between Truth and Fiction by Ashley Chambers, Annie Hartnett, and Christopher McCarter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow can “truth” inspire a writer of fiction?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 16. Little Novels by Jessie Bailey and Pia Simone Garber\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondense classic novels and movies into tiny pieces.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 17. It Is By Chance That We Meet: Writing A One-Act Play Through Collaboration by Alex Czaja, Romy Feder, Stephen Thomas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHere, you and three others will write a one-act play.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 18. Quick Found-Language Sonnets by Molly Goldman, Kenny Kruse, and Sally Rodgers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecycle language into fourteen-line poems.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 19. Social Network Haiku by Chapin Gray and Kirk Pinho\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUpdate the haiku form by writing away messages and Facebook haiku.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 20. Rhymes Real Cool: Studies in Rap Lyrics by Christopher McCarter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTap some rhymes to use in rap.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 21. Oral Poetry: The Physical Landscape of Your Poetic Voice by Curtis Rutherford\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTones, tempos, and timbres—shape your poem with your voice.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 22. Collaborative Ghazal by Chapin Gray and Kirk Pinho\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplore this mesmerizing Arabic form and write one with a group or on your own.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 23. Collaborative Abecedarian (For up to Twenty-Six Writers) by Sally Rodgers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFall in love with the alphabet all over again and use it to organize and inspire a poem.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 24. The Triolet by Pia Simone Garber\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA French poetic form full of rhymes and repetition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 25. Oh, Ode! by Leia Wilson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSwoon! Celebrate! Write an ode and then try an Exquisite Corpse ode as a group.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 26. Sestinas: Six Words, Obsessed! by Chapin Gray, Jenny Gropp, and Kirk Pinho\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn the basic sestina form, “cheat” your way to an abridged sestina, write a giant sestina, and take the Ode-Sestina Challenge.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 27. Nonce, Not Nonsense: Poetry Meets the Future by Jenny Gropp and Emma Sovich\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWork with the “Century” and the “Portion,” and then create your own unique poetry form.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 28. Poetry from Math: The Fib and Beyond by Jenny Gropp and Emma Sovich\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn a poetic form based on the Fibonacci sequence, and then head further into the realm of poetry and equations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 29. Pillow Book Lists: Observing Experience for Creative Nonfiction by Katie Berger and Pia Simone Garber\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGet started with autobiographical writing by making expressive lists and snatching up the details right by your side.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 30. A Travel Guide of the Self by Katie Berger and Pia Simone Garber\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTake yourself on a tour of you through travel writing and second-person point of view.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 31. Expert Experience: The Art of the Unlikely, Opinionated Review by Katie Berger and Pia Simone Garber\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreative nonfiction meets the review when you write your own brief, detailed—and unexpected—review of something you know a lot about.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 2. Ye Olde Language Lets Loose\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 32. TNT Prose: Explodable, Expandable Text by Jenny Gropp and Kirsten Jorgenson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUse your own words as dynamite to blow out the words of an existing text, revealing a new piece of writing when the dust clears.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 33. Take It Away: Erasure by Jenny Gropp and Kirsten Jorgenson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eErase your way to a new piece.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 34. Ye Olde Language Made New: “False” Translation by Jenny Gropp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTake a text from another language and “translate” it according to several zany methods.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 35. Sounds into Words, Words into Sounds by Molly Goldman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTurn a sound jumble into a poem.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 36. Starting from a Song, Part One: Remixing a Song in Writing by Tasha Coryell and Steve Reaugh\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBe a one-hit wonder!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 37. Starting from a Song, Part Two: Under the (Musical) Influence by Tasha Coryell and Steve Reaugh\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLet music put you in a writing mood.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 38. Balderdash for Writers: New Stories from an Old Box by Jesse Delong and Megan Paonessa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreate stories by playing a few rounds of this classic word game.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 39. Disaster City: A Facebook-y Adventure by Rachel Adams, Jessie Bailey, and Kirsten Jorgenson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMap out a city and fill it with characters and plot twists in this collaborative fiction activity that uses moves that you might recognize from Facebook.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 40. Consequences: A Parlor Game of Surprise Narratives by Kit Emslie and Sarah Kelly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst played by the Victorians, Consequences is a parlor game similar to the famous Surrealist exercise “exquisite corpse.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 41. Constraints, Odd Characters, and Secret Postcards: A Fresh Approach to Character and Context by Kirsten Jorgenson, Betsy Seymour, and Danilo Thomas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreate questions that generate eccentric characters and then write their secrets down on postcards in this group activity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 42. Broken Picture Telephone: Modernist Poets Meet the Grade-School Game of Telephone by Rachel Adams, Pia Simone Garber, Kirsten Jorgenson, and Betsy Seymour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplore the tie between thought and image by making a miniature deck of phrase and image cards, and then use the cards like a modernist poet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 43. Magazine Shuffle: From Image to Character, Narrative, and Third-Person-Limited Point of View by Rachel Adams, Pia Simone Garber, Kirsten Jorgenson, and Betsy Seymour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCombine simple images from magazines to create characters and then narrate their stories from the third-person-limited point of view.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 44. Improv at the Zombie Diner: Platform and Dialogue by Holly Burdorff, Luke Percy, and Maggie Smith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn this exercise, you're going to be put in a dangerous situation, and you're going to have to act fast.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 45. Comicpalooza: The Art of the Panel by Rachel Adams, Pia Simone Garber, Kirsten Jorgenson, and Betsy Seymour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSee how comic books use narrative, then build your own characters, images, and a story to make a new comic.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 46. Fast Talkers and Faster Writers: Speed Transcription by Chapin Gray, Brian Oliu, and Kirk Pinho\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePractice writing while someone reads a text as fast as possible, picking up what you can and freeing up your associative writer's imagination along the way.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 47. Obsessions: Seven Way by Kristin Aardsma and Breanne LeJuene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChocolate truffles, the color purple, America . . . obsess on your obsession!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 48. Grand Theft Writing: Swiped Beginnings by Chapin Gray, Brian Oliu, and Kirk Pinho\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUse the beginning of another text to get your momentum going.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 49. Crazy Headlines and Hyperlink Chasing: Finding and Using a Bizarre Persona by Chapin Gray, Brian Oliu, and Kirk Pinho\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUse hyperlinks to uncover a subject for your new piece.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 50. Genetically-Modified Franken-Poems by Chapin Gray and Breanne LeJuene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCut up magazines and newspapers to create new poems, both individually and in groups.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 51. The Exploding Poem: How to Keep on Writing by Chapin Gray and Breanne LeJuene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePull an image or object from a poem, write a new poem based on it, and then stuff it back in.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 52. Nice Hat, Thanks: Word-by-Word Poems by Kristin Aardsma, Breanne LeJuene, and Brian Oliu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWith a partner, create improvisational writing one word at a time.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 53. Translation Mutation: Using Online Plot Generators and Translators by Kristin Aardsma, Breanne LeJuene, and Brian Oliu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBounce a text through several languages using an online translator and then work with the unrecognizable results.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 54. Mad Lib Translations of Marquez by Jenny Gropp, Laura Kochman, and Jill Smith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZany translations that go beyond Babelfish.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 55. Pictures and Words by Greg Houser and Emma Sovich\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWrite about—and beyond—the painting and its frame.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 56. “The Horse in Motion”: Poems in Response to Photographs and Paintings of Motion by Jenny Gropp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn about the history of capturing the body in motion in the visual arts and then extend the practice into your own poetry and prose.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 57. Book Flip!: Using Found Phrases by Jenny Gropp, Laura Kochman, and Jill Smith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrab a book or magazine and flip your way to a new piece of writing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 58. New Takes on the News: Obituaries, Classifieds, and Dear Abby by Greg Houser, Jill Smith, and Jessica Trull\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWrite hilarious news items.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 59. Now with Twenty Billion Readers: Writing a Craigslist “Missed Connection” by Greg Houser, Jill Smith, and Jessica Trull\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat would you like to say to that stranger?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 60. From These Old Sayings to This Fresh Story: Revamping ClichÉ Phrases and Plots by Jesse Delong, Lisa Tallin, and Danilo Thomas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTake clichÉs like “head over heels” and well-known similes like “hard as a rock” and turn them into fresh ideas and complex plots.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 3. Slews of Styles and Subjects\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 61. Realism: Tips from Tom Wolfe and Flannery O'Connor by Krystin Gollihue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUse an angle to depict settings and characters.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 62. World Building: Nonrealistic Characters and a Six-Sentence Story by Jess E. Jelsma and Matt Jones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKafka and you.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 63. Rage Against the Creative Writing Machine: Dada in the House by Pia Simone Garber and Kirsten Jorgenson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGet introduced to the Dada movement and then write a “bad” poem and cut it up Dada style.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 64. The Beats and Scribbled Secret Notebooks: Chosen Words and Automatic Writing by Stephen Hess and Curtis Rutherford\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn introduction to Beat poetry complete with how to write like Jack Kerouac.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 65. “I'm with You in Rockland”: “Howl” and Praise Poems by Stephen Hess and Curtis Rutherford\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLike Allen Ginsberg writing “Howl,” write your own praise poem.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 66. A Call to Arms: Rally the Troops by Curtis Rutherford\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLike the Beats, turn your anger into writing that explodes from the page, calling society and your fellow writers to action.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 67. Stealing Tone: Picking Up Where Your Favorite Authors Left Off by Molly Goldman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdentify an author's moves and make them your own.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 68. A Journal of Particulars: Become a Zen Master of Your Senses by Jenny Gropp and Kirsten Jorgenson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn this journal-based exercise, get better acquainted with the five senses and write places into a more vivid existence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 69. When Garlic Has Hips: Food Writing and Personification by Jenny Gropp and Kirsten Jorgenson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMake everyday foods more vivid by giving them human characteristics and lives.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 70. Pets of the Roman Empire, Dinosaurs of Today: Avoiding the Cute Kitty Cat When Writing about Animals by Kirk Pinho\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnvision a major world event that was caused by a pet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 71. Perilous Points of View: Giant Toads! Cockroaches! by Jessie Bailey, Jesse Delong, A. B. Gorham, and Lisa Tallin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreate an animal character and then stretch its wings (or gills or tentacles) out in story after story.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 72. When the Wrecking Ball Falls in Love: Reviving an Inanimate Object by Jessie Bailey, Jesse Delong, A. B. Gorham, and Lisa Tallin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInhabit the mind, body, and soul of a strange and wondrous inanimate object of your choosing, and tell its tale.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 73. The Fairest of Them All: Talking to Objects for a Reason by Theodora Ziolkowski\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat if we could write to our favorite piece of fruit or that cool poster hanging from our bedroom wall?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 74. Time for Rhyme by Pia Simone Garber, Jenny Gropp, Emma Sovich, and Leia Wilson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn this introduction to the many types of rhyme, like poet Robert Frost said, “all the fun's in how you say a thing.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 75. Love Poems and Refrains: Better than “Lemon Ice” by Pia Simone Garber and Curtis Rutherford\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThrow the fanciful and flowery talk aside and be a filthy mess of affection in your own amped-up love poems.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 76. Death Poems: The Tragic and the Comic by Pia Simone Garber and Curtis Rutherford\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMake your reader feel the gravity of death in different ways, writing both a comic poem and then a sincere elegy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 77. Political Poems: Big Brother Is Watching You! by Pia Simone Garber and Curtis Rutherford\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrainstorm some experiences all people share (love, death, family, etc.) and use them to overturn common ideas about politics.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 78. Things That Go Bump in the Night: Reappropriating Stock Vampires, Witches, Zombies, and Other Creatures for a Twenty-First Century Scare by Tasha Coryell, Freya Gibbon, Molly Goldman, Krystin Gollihue, Jess E. Jelsma, Matt Jones, Meredith Noseworthy, Steve Reaugh, Sally Rodgers, and Bethany Startin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTime for \u003ci\u003eThe Ultimate Makeover: Zombie Edition\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 79. The Adult As Villain by Annie Hartnett\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTry a child's point of view.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 80. Objects and Elements: Set Your Imagination Loose! by Megan Paonessa and Danilo Thomas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTake the smallest, seemingly most inconsequential thing and turn it into a grand presence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 81. Weapons of Voice: Practicing Long and Short Sentence Styles by Jesse Delong, Lisa Tallin, and Danilo Thomas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImitate both sparse and long-winded writers in this fiction exercise.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 82. Exercises in Style: The Endless Possibilities of Language by Jenny Gropp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUse a hatful of strategies and games to tell the same story over and over again without it ever looking the same.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 83. The N 7 Game: From “The Snow Man” to “The Soap Mandible” by Jenny Gropp, Laura Kochman, and Jill Smith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn about the French literary movement Oulipo, and then grab a dictionary and an existing piece of writing for the N 7 game.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 84. Cramming It In: Jamming Narrative into a Short Space by Katie Berger, Laura Kochman, and Brandi Wells\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTell entire stories using only one sentence—no more!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 85. “Licking a Glacier Can Change Your DNA”: Landscape in Prose Poetry and Flash Nonfiction by Katie Berger, Laura Kochman, and Brandi Wells\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLook at different methods for creating landscape in short forms, write out a landscape you've never seen, and then, in the final activity, put your hometown on Mars.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 86. Zero to Hero!: A Superhero of Uncommon Valor by Megan Paonessa and Danilo Thomas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConstruct a superhero unlike any the world has ever seen.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 87. World Domination: Planets, Species, Disasters by Megan Paonessa and Danilo Thomas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGuide your superhero into battle on a strange and unheard-of planet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 88. Demystifying the Publishing Process by Rachel Adams, A. B. Gorham, and Lisa Tallin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe sooner, the better: this applies to eating ice cream under the sun, finishing your history homework, and publishing your poems and stories. 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