AU Description of Lake by a Young Man Who Has Just Committed A Murder Discussion

The following exercise is from John Gardner’s The Art of Fiction:

Write a 1- to 3-page description of a lake as viewed by a young manwho has just committed murder. Do NOT mention the murder. Do NOT focusmainly on the character; focus mainly on the lake.

Consider how you can use rich detail, word choice, connotation anddenotation, internal and external dialogue, and other writing conceptswe’ve studied so far, to evoke the understanding in readers that thecharacter in the piece has just killed someone, without stating sooutright.

Keep the following guidelines in mind:

• Sketch must be 1–3 pages in length.
• Sketch must evoke character/narrator as a murderer via setting.
• Sketch must be double-spaced, written in Times New Roman, 12-point font, and contain 1-inch margins all around