Friday, July 17, 2009

Fable vs. Plot Summary

The fable is your retelling of the story of your play in 30 minutes or less. (If you missed class today, then allow yourself 20-30 minutes of computer time to retell your story in your own words.)

Chances are that your fable will not be accurate: you will remember some things but not others, and some things you will remember out of order or simply wrong.

The fable exists to point out what you think is important as well as where there are errors and omissions in your memory, which you should be able to determine when you compare your fable with your plot summary.

For the plot summary, you may cut and paste as long as you cite. If a plot summary doesn't exist, or you don't like what you find online, then you will have to write/create your own summary.

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