Assignments for Oct 27

For your next Scribbler assignment: 200-250 words (although you may write lots more for this one) on your best or worst Halloween costume experience.

Your next assignment is to write 1500 words about the Zombie Apocalypse. Imagine a world in which the dead come to life and eat the living. Society collapses and chaos reigns. You can write a story about what happens when the dead come to life. Or you can write an account of how you'll survive (or perish). A news account of how it all happened. Funny. Serious. Anything goes. Be imaginative (and entertaining). Remember, we're writing about George Romero zombies, not the Voodoo ones. The best one will receive a prize, an authographed copy of Zombie CSU: the Forensics of the Living Dead by Jonathan Maberry. Maberry himself will read the pieces and be the judge. So bring two paper copies to class on Monday night, one for me to read and mark up for revision and one for our guest to read. Prize will be awarded on Nov 3.

And a reminder that horror novelist and writing teacher Maberry will be our guest for the second half of class on Oct 27.

A little later I'll post some helpful links for the Zombie Apocalypse assignment.

Also, for next class, read and be prepared to discuss the excerpts from Lynn Truss' Eats Shoots and Leaves. I'll post some questions for you to consider.