- Chapters 37-46 of Bleak House.
- Read and comment (a positive and a could-be-better) on the character assignments on the blog.
- Write a passage of dialogue that could be used in your upcoming novella.
Also, if Sister Bates changes her class to Thursday, I will still be doing this class on Friday. We will do 2:30-4:00 at my house again. Stay tuned to her emails to be sure when/where each class will be.
Finally, something for you to think about: President Uchdorf's talk at the General Women's Broadcast was almost entirely a story. Other than a brief intro at the beginning and a brief testimony at the end, his whole talk consisted of a story. Why do you think he gave his talk that way? Leave comments here, and we'll discuss a little bit on Friday.
Stories are quite powerful and often captivating. They make you want to know what is going to happen next.
ReplyDeleteThat's very true! Sometimes I'm not as engaged in conference (I always feel bad...), but stories draw me in and make me want to listen more!
DeleteI think it was partially that stories help people to pay attention, but also that he wanted to make a point. Christ taught through stories, and I think he wanted to portray that! That the words he was speaking were from Christ. So I guess a sort of representation of Christ's words?
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