Writing Course, Week 3

This week was an exercise in character-driven story telling. Here's a bullet-pointed summary of the plot we created.

• Three young people - Rob, Annie and James - stay in a cottage for a weekend.
• Annie is an aspiring journalist and wants to investigate claims of an illegal fox hunt for the university paper.
• James fancies Annie and is willing to fake an interest in journalism in order to pursue her. The cottage belongs to his family
• Rob is a friend of Annie and wants to keep an eye on her, concerned she'll get herself into trouble.
• James tries to come on to Annie, who really isn't interested
• The three of them go out and witness that the hunt is indeed illegal, and Annie's family are the organisers.
• Annie storms off into the woods, Rob follows her.
• Rob and Annie discover they have feelings for each other, James witnesses this.
• Annie confronts her family with the photos of the hunt.
• James, hoping to get back at Annie and Rob out of spite, publishes the story.
• Annie gets cut off from her family, but feels it's for the best.