News Story Assignment

Hey--

Here is a link with a few pointers for the upcoming assignment:

http://www.suite101.com/content/creative-writing-in-news-articles-a62813

Here is a link to a Joyce Carol Oates story that she wrote after she read an article about a murder:

http://jco.usfca.edu/works/wgoing/text.html

Here is some of the back story for the above story:

http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/schmid/oates_9.html

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,834699,00.html

So bring a news story to class on Tuesday that you would like to build a background story around.

...and have a good weekend.


Prof. O'Connell