Five Ways of Looking (creative writing, one draft end of unit paper)

Creative writing: Ways of Looking

(Perspective & Perception)

Think of something, someplace, or someone that you will write about from five different perspectives. What did you pick?

Five Ways of Looking at ___________________________________________

Now that you have decided upon something, someplace, or someone to perceive (look at/understand/have an opinion about), what five different perspectives (points of view) upon that thing, place, or person will be interesting and revealing?

Five ways

Pick five roles (as we did with the two ways of looking at the water crisis: restaurant owner, landscaper, person with a well, etc.) and/or five situations (as Margaret Atwood does in bread: kitchen, famine, prison, etc.). In case you are wondering: yes, you can combine roles and situations.

1. _____________________________

2. _____________________________

3. _____________________________

4. _____________________________

5. _____________________________

Now choose a narrative point of view. If you want to focus on helping the reader enter the roles and/or situations use second person (you, your). If you want to focus on entering the roles and/or situations yourself use first person (I, me, my). Third person (she, he, they, etc.) is not as useful for this assignment.

Now you’re ready to write. Write at least ten sentences from each point of view. Perceptions, understandings, and opinions of the thing, place, or person should be different from each of the five points of view. These perceptions, understandings, and opinions should also be vivid and revealing.

Have fun!