Exercise on Sense of Wonder
Provided by B.J. Robinson
20 Master Plots
http://web.mit.edu/mbarker/www/exercises/plot.html
13 Things to Do When You Run Out of Plot
http://matociquala.livejournal.com/1020402.html
Exercise: after reviewing the material at the links above, jot down three or five plot possibilities. Now infuse into these plot devices a sense of wonder.
To help with this exercise, please refer to the following links:
Oxford University Speculative Fiction Group’s definition of a sense of wonder http://urchin.earth.li/cgi-bin/twic/wiki/view.pl?page=SenseOfWonder
Wikipedia’s definition of a sense of wonder
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense_of_wonder
Stephen Baxter on how he infuses his work with sense of wonder
http://www.sfwa.org/bulletin/articles/baxter.htm
