Your goal in this assignment is to write a sequel/spinoff to one of the three novels we've most recently read - - The Last Policeman, The Water Knife, Station Eleven.
Here are the rules:
- You must choose a non-major character (i.e. not Henry Palace from Last Policeman, not Maria, Lucy, or Angel from Water Knife, and not Kirsten, Arthur, Jeevan, or Clark from Station Eleven).
- You must create and develop a story for this character, a story that we don't "get" or see in the novel. Your story can either extend the character beyond the last page of the novel, fill in the character's story before s/he/they enter the novel, or elaborate a story that occurs simultaneous to the novel's span.
- Your story must be narratively coherent (i.e. consonant with the events and timelines of the novel), ontologically coherent (i.e. share the same story-world and all of its features - - an asteroid is coming, water is scarce, the plague has/will arrive/d, etc.), psychologically coherent (i.e. you version of the character should act like the novel's version of the character), thematically coherent (i.e. your story should pick up on/develop some theme, conflict, or question central to the original narrative).
- You have three pages to spin your story. The story can either be a scene or a chronicle.
- The "three strikes" rule continues to apply.
Due: Thursday, November 14