Class Task 4: Interrogating Your Idea

The more you can flesh out and understand 'the world' of your idea and its details, the more natural motivation there will be for the action and form of your piece - even if some of these details do not end up in the finished work. It is also likely to appear more complete and convincing for your audience.

This task is to be completed IN CLASS and results published to the blog. Spend about 1 hour.

Groups of 3. Try to work with people who will not already know your idea well. Then each person should:

(1) Pitch ONE of your ideas to your group.
(2) Explain where you are up to with your idea.
(3) As a group, talk about what the ‘next step(s)’ for developing this idea are.
(4) Are you stuck with anything? What?
(5) The group should then ask questions about the idea with the aim of finding ways to develop it. All group members should ask questions. If it is your idea, try to think of some questions you don’t already know the answer to.
(6) Come up with a list of at least 10 questions.
(7) The questions could, for instance, be about character, environment, look and feel, context/ audience, user interaction, purpose/ intent, themes, method, form, story, etc.

Repeat these steps for each person

Outcome: A blog entry. See post below for format.

Then, individually, work on answering the questions. Hand in your Answers in digital or written form. Publishing them to the blog is optional.