Nancy Kress Exercises

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Exercise: Pick one of your three mini-bios and write out answers  to each of the following questions:

1. ·         What does this person’s bedroom look like? Describe it in a paragraph/
2. ·         What vehicle does he drive?
3. ·         What was the last book or magazine she read?
4. ·         What is his favourite possession?

(Kress 2005, 34)

Exercise: Pick three of your mini-bios. Jot down what each character wants. Do you see any plot ideas here?

Exercise: For one of the characters in exercise 2, imagine a backstory. How does her past relate to what she wants now? (Kress 2005, 49)