Phobias and Irrational Fears

We are exploring the idea of writing characters with phobias or irrational fears. For example, imagine if your protagonist had a globophobia, a fear of balloons? How would that direct your story?

Take some time to research some fears. We used http://phobialist.com/.

Ultimately, your assignment will be to write a story with a character who has a unique phobia.

 

Did you know that Oprah has globophobia??

 

 

While this is another character based assignment, try to challenge yourself to write in a new genre. We will be focusing on genres for our next assignment.

 

Don't forget to choose an independent read if you have not already. We will be discussing them next class.

 

 

 

If you have any questions, please ask!