http://litreactor.com/essays/chuck-palahniuk/nuts-and-bolts-%E2%80%9Cthought%E2%80%9D-verbs
Chuck Palahniuk puts into very clear words what it means to show (instead of telling) while writing stories. Brilliant stuff.
8/12/13 Meeting Recap
Prompt for next week:
Take mythos (like Greek, Norse, Chinese mythology, what have you) and rewrite a piece of mythos you choose into a poem or a prose in modern day context.
Welcome aboard, Shane! Our guest today gave us an excellent story to read.
Teachable/Activity:
We wrote complete two-sentence horror story.
My horror story:
"Did you know that sweet old lady who was killed in a car accident?" asked a grandson. His grandmother replied, "Yes, I made sure she died."
It helps you exercise you to be concise in a very short form. Such limitation inspires creativity and brings out horrible side of you. Muahahaha!
Take mythos (like Greek, Norse, Chinese mythology, what have you) and rewrite a piece of mythos you choose into a poem or a prose in modern day context.
Welcome aboard, Shane! Our guest today gave us an excellent story to read.
Teachable/Activity:
We wrote complete two-sentence horror story.
My horror story:
"Did you know that sweet old lady who was killed in a car accident?" asked a grandson. His grandmother replied, "Yes, I made sure she died."
It helps you exercise you to be concise in a very short form. Such limitation inspires creativity and brings out horrible side of you. Muahahaha!
8/5/13 Meeting Recap
Prompt for next week:
Take a cue from Raymond Queneau's Exercises in Style, which tells a single narrative in ninety-nine ways, and write a poem based on what happened just after you got up this morning. Then use one or more of these filters to revise the poem:
Take a cue from Raymond Queneau's Exercises in Style, which tells a single narrative in ninety-nine ways, and write a poem based on what happened just after you got up this morning. Then use one or more of these filters to revise the poem:
- onomatopoeia (integrating the sounds of your morning into the language of its telling),
- litotes (a supremely understated start to the day),
- overstatement (embellishing every detail),
- olfactory (emphasizing the morning's smells),
- tactile (emphasizing the morning's physical feel),
- gustatory (emphasizing the morning's particular taste).
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