fandomhigh | Writing Workshop - 5/23 - Journalism Classroom

Chloe greeted each of the students as they ~~followed the handwavied instructions and~~ came into the Journalism classroom. Anyone who had been in here during the last semester might notice that all traces of Rita had been removed; the room had definitely become Chloe's domain.

"Good morning," she said brightly, distributing a syllabus to everyone. "Welcome to the writing workshop. For anyone I haven't met extensively yet, I'm Chloe Sullivan. Please, please call me Chloe, because any of that 'Ms. Sullivan' stuff is just going to remind me that I'm old and I have to leave this place at the end of the summer."

She gave everyone a smile and turned around to address them fully. "So, the basic idea of this workshop is to give you all a chance to experiment with different writing styles that are out there. We're going to start with non-fictional styles, and then move into some of the more entertaining fictional forms. I will warn you, I'm probably going to be doing some heavy pimping of the school newspaper, because it's kind of my baby, and it needs good people to take care of it next year. Those of you who were ~~my minions~~ part of the staff should know what I can get like." Chloe smirked.

"I figured the best way to start would be to talk about writing biographies," Chloe said, outlining a few of the characteristics of this style on the board. "This is also my sneaky way of making you all talk to each other on the first day. I've assigned each of you into a pair, and what I want you to do is get together with your partner, talk a little bit about yourselves, and then give me a minimum of 50 words on what you learned."

Pairs:

Janet Fraiser/Alanna Trebond
Rory Gilmore/Charlie Kawalsky
Marie D'Ancanto/Cameron Mitchell/Elizabeth Weir

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Alanna yawned and sat by Janet. "Morning."

Janet covered her mouth as she yawned. Stupid reflex. "Why did we take a morning workshop?" she asked.

"Because it's interesting? I don't know. What are we doing again?"

"Telling each other our life's stories," said Janet. "Which is something I'm not generally capable of at this hour." She offered Alanna a chocolate-covered espresso bean.

Alanna happily munched on it. "Thank you! Let's see, life story. Born in a northern fiefdom in Tortall to Lord Alan of Trebond and his lovely wife Lady Thomasia. Mum died after she gave birth to Thom, my twin. Was raised by my nurse and a man-at-arms. Switched places with Thom at age ten. Have lived in the capital of Chorus since then. Oh, and Father dearest died a few years ago. You?"

"Sounds easy to write up," said Janet. "I grew up all over the place. My father was in the military. My parents died in a car accident a while ago. My uncle is my legal guardian. I like biology and plan to become a doctor some day." She grinned. "Is that enough?"

OOC: Sorry, was offline all night.

"Um, hm. Give me maybe a name or two of the places where you grew up? Need anything else from me?"

"Um. I spent a lot of time in Colorado Springs. That's where I transferred from. Let's see. Also Georgia and some time overseas in Germany." Okay, she'd been too young to remember living in Germany. So? "Hm. When did you get Faithful, and what made you decide to become a knight?"

Alanna pondered this. "I always wanted to be a knight. I loved hunting, learning how to fight. I love reading about the women warriors of old. Having to go off to a Convent and becoming a proper lady sounded, and still sounds, like the worst torture to me. Faithful was a ... gift. I got him one very wet night when I was fourteen and on the way home from running an errand. My uh, yeah. It was a very interesting night." She fingered an ember that hung on a cord around her neck. "Very interesting. Hope I don't have one like any time soon."

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