This Week's Practice Exercise~
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Exercise: In 400 words or less, write a scene in which a birth plays an important part, and show at least the beginnings of the changes this might cause.
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Birth can be an occasion for joy, something to celebrate with flowers and gifts, or it may be a disaster for everyone concerned. Sometimes it even comes as a surprise. It may take place in a hospital, an ordinary bedroom, or a cotton field. In any event, it causes change--in a happy family, in the life of a single mother, or in the hopes of succession for the children of a king.
For this exercise, you need not show your readers the actual birth, though you certainly may, but make sure the scene shows how the event is received by the people it will affect and indicates something of the changes it precipitates.
These exercises were written by IWW members and administrators to provide structured practice opportunities for its members. You are welcome to use them for practice as well. Please mention that you found them at the Internet Writers Workshop.
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