Teach students how to write creative works, such as short stories and personal essays, using a concrete approach and interspersed lesson activities! Can be taught solo or in tandem with Andzej Sapkowski's "A Grain of Truth" and the Creative Writing assignment. Students will learn:Gardener and architect approaches to planningFreytag's plot pyramidPromises, progress, and pay offsTypes of setting and worlbuildingPrinciples and types of character writingShow, don't tell strategies