Sample Lessons – Creative Writing with Jonathan Rogers Lesson 2: In-Scene, Out-of-Scene Writing Exercise

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Jonathan Rogers, PhD

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Skim two chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird and note every place where Harper Lee shifts from writing in-scene to writing out-of-scene, or vice versa.

Now go back to the out-of-scene sections. What does Harper Lee accomplish by pulling out of scene? Some of the possibilities from the video lesson include:

Providing exposition or background information
Conveying necessary information
Moving the story along or skipping ahead
Establishing tone and voice