Royally stuck

[write_away]

I had a hard time with that one too. Then I realized you don't have to use the words they gave you, they're supposed to trigger an idea. If I remember correctly, one of the words was candle. Candle reminded me of birthdays, my story is about a little boy's birthday.

Try not getting hung up on using their ideas. All they want to do is give you some ways to come up with story ideas. You can pretty much just write whatever you want to.

[kiboyd]

I found that I struggled with many of my assignments (and still do) because I was trying to come up with the most original story ... this is just not realistic (at least not for me).  I write what I think my instructor wants me to write and I end up not enjoying my stories at all.  Then I started to find my writing voice, my style ... still working on it, but now the ideas seem to flow smoother and I like my characters (because they are part of me). Does that make sense?

The other idea that I came up with to help with "Ideas" was to write out different settings, genres, age groups, types of protagonists/antagonists, etc all on separate pieces of coloured paper (settings on green paper, genres on yellow,) then pick one slip of paper from each group.

Or you can look at the magazines that have themed issues and see if any of them inspire you.

Sorry I'm not more helpful.  I'm sure there are others with idea generaters too.
Good Luck. 

[rupak447]

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[write_away]

I am a big fan of the extension request. I think I used for more than half the lessons. I may need to use it twice for 10B.

[ColoradoKate]

I have taken a long extension for every assignment so far in the novel course. I am being a total slug. 

[jfields]

I'm not sure I understand what you're asking but anything you're wanting to do outside the confines of the assignment, should be cleared with your instructor.

[jfields]

Speaking as an instructor, never just surprise your instructor by doing something different. I've had students contact me with very specific requests to do something outside the course in place of an assignment, usually for a very specific reason. Unless the assignment is going to benefit them more than the thing they want to do...I'll usually go with it. But the students who just surprise me make it very difficult for me to help them get what they need out of the course. They'll often miss important skill building moments. They often don't grow in the areas they need. And they are often resistant to the growth they need. So as soon as you surprise an instructor, the instructor is going to worry because it's a behavior that often goes hand-in-hand with a lot of self-sabatoging choices.

So it's always best fo send a note to the instructor and see what looks like it'll work before for you and what you're going to need to succeed in the course.