The Writers Studio - Level 2, Assignment #5 June 16, 2008
Preamble: 1st person, judgmental/opinionated narrator. Engaging and revealing. Making a big story out of something small. Have fun. Tone: conversational, close. Mood:
Windex
The 16th floor rose towards me like clockwork. If I start on 20th then work my way down I reach her by 11:30am. [...]
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Windex
Posted in Class Assignment, Short Story on June 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Independence Day
Posted in Class Assignment, Short Story on June 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Writers Studio, Level 2, Assignment #4 June 9, 2008
Preamble: 1st person narrator revealing themselves. Narrator interacts with a character that represents a path not taken. Use scene to convey mood (not so good here). Switching genders for story impact.
Independence Day
Fireworks went up like kamikaze rockets. One after another. They are born. Rise up to great [...]
Dog Park
Posted in Class Assignment, Short Story on May 10, 2008 | No Comments »
The Writer’s Studio, Level I - Assignment #9 May 5, 2008
Preamble: 3rd person narrator, description of a group I am familiar with. Narrative compassion showing love, sympathy and knowledge. Patient in describing the action (missed that one). Show that group in an activity.
Dog Park
The last had finally trickled in making their daily descension complete, giving life [...]
piano lessons
Posted in Class Assignment, Short Story on May 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Writer’s Studio, Level I - Assignment #7 April 21, 2008
Preamble: 3rd person narrator, revealing how the character feels. Tone is direct, mood is uneasy. A time in childhood when the world felt different, changed. An event that didn’t directly happen to the character. Focus on what the character felt and did around the event.
Green
Years and [...]
Solution #4
Posted in Class Assignment, Short Story on May 10, 2008 | No Comments »
The Writer’s Studio, Level I - Assignment #5 April 7, 2008
Preamble: 1st person narrator, expansive, fun, outlandish. Eccentric, unreliable narrator, revealing himself.
Solution #4
While finishing my second bottle of wine it dawned on me. In fact the idea is so perfect I have decided to document this moment in history with a permanent record. I will record [...]
Birkin
Posted in Class Assignment, Short Story on May 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Birkin (The Writers Studio, Level I, assignment 1) March 10, 2008
Preamble: 1st person, light subject, jumping into the story, absurd, funny (sorry this is lame)
Salt water seeped down my throat and burned my eyes. With each breath I’d take some in. And each exhale I would cough some out. At times I thought my arms had fallen [...]
