ALTERNATE STORY

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PLANO
INSTRUCTIONS: Please answer the following ques ons:

1. Please choose any ONE character from Plano and circle your choice.
- Anne – eldest, a professor
- Genevieve – middle sister, a sculptor
- Isabel – youngest, a non-pro t worker
- Mary – their mother, a world-builder
- Steve – Genevieve’s husband, a cri c
- John/Juan – Anne’s husband, an Odyssean polytropos
- Faceless Ghost – a male presence

2. Now choose one of the three op ons:

a. If you chose one of the three sisters, write a short story as if the character is confron ng their
father.
b. Write short story where your character was trapped in Plano and was trying to hide from
something in Plano. De ne what Plano is to you. Why are the running from this thing they’re
hiding from?
c. Write any kind of short story that you come up inspired by Plano and the character you chose.

Please remember that your story needs:

- a clear beginning, middle, and end
- a clear se ng
- make it clear who the characters are
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3. Draw a sketch of what you envision the set design to be for your story? (Remember that the set is the
ENVIRONMENT where the story takes place.)