Assignment 1: Find a notebook or open a document for this course so you can write down your answers to the assignments.

Assignment 2: Evaluate the first chapter from a book you are reading or have recently read.

• What hooked you?
• Are you interested in the character(s)?
• Do you have a good feel for the time, place, and mood?
• Do you know what is or what will be at stake?
• Are there any spelling mistakes, grammatical errors, or typos?
• Will you keep reading? Why?

The more specific you can be in your answers to the above questions, the more you will understand what you need to include in your first chapter.