Mask Narrative: DWB Activity
Respond to the following prompts in your DWB
1. Why do people present
themselves differently to the world when they may feel something else inside?
2. Write a story about
the theme of masking emotion.
Example: write a story about what would happen if you
didn’t mask your emotions during an important life event. Or you could write
about what would happen if you were to convey an inappropriate emotion during
an important event. Another option is to write a story that contains the internal
dialogue of a character compared to their presented external façade; perhaps
what the character is feeling is very different from how they present
themselves in an important situation.
You may want to write your story about how one side of
the mask you created was presented in the setting from the opposite side of
your mask.
Requirements:
1 – 2 Pages typed (300 –
500 words)
Address the theme of
emotional masks/facades
Display proper spelling
and grammar
Characters
Plot
Introduction/Climax/Conclusion
3. If time allows, find a partner or two and take turns reading your
stories to each other. Give each other verbal feedback on each other’s
stories:
Was the story interesting?
Did it seem original? What was the best part? What issues may have been
present?
