Your challenge today is to build upon a character sketch you have created. Incorporate the character sketch into a scene from an epic poem of your own inspired by Homer’s The Iliad. Build upon your created character to create a situation.
Outline the action of your story. Use Freytag’s Pyramid to assist you.
Select a meter.
Draft the narrative of your scene. Use the same techniques for building character to build the story.
Revise to fit the meter (it may be simpler to select iambic with Pope’s translation as an inspiration).
Bonus challenge: Can you rhyme each set of two lines as well?

Read this excerpt from i never had it made. "it's all that ought to count," he replied. "but it isn't. maybe one of these days it will be all that counts. that is one of the reasons i've got you here, robinson. if you're a good enough man, we can make this a start in the right direction. but let me tell you, it's going to take an awful lot of courage." he was back to the crossroads question that made me start to get angry minutes earlier. he asked it slowly and with great care. "have you got the guts to play the game no matter what happens? " "i think i can play the game, mr. rickey," i said. the next few minutes were tough. branch rickey had to make absolutely sure that i knew what i would face. beanballs would be thrown at me. i would be called the kind of names which would hurt and infuriate any man. i would be physically attacked. could i take all of this and control my temper, remain steadfastly loyal to our ultimate aim? which is the central idea of this excerpt?