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The Writing Process
What is the Writing Process?
Many of us learned that the writing process is made up of five parts: Pre-writing, Writing, Revision, Editing, and Publishing. Indeed, this process has been so ingrained, and the vocabulary and terms have become such a part of our education, that some students (and adults) feel as if writing is a formulaic, rigid thing—not unlike learning mathematics—that they simply never excelled in. Fortunately, this simply isn't true. While the five basic steps of the writing process are effective, they can only be effective if the people using the process understand the purpose of e
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Prewriting September 2015
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Literature
Sub Plot: October Week 4
Sub Plot #1: Romance?
Characters Involved: Inanna Cowen and Joseph Dawson
Brief Outline: Inanna and Joseph are thrown together after she joins the Guild. Their growing attraction to each other is a positive influence for Joseph, but a source of anxiety for Inanna. Something happens between them (finally) and they are forced to make a decision about the direction of their relationship.
Purpose: Character development for Joseph and Inanna; progression of Inanna's character arc
Obstacle/Complication: Inanna's cultural obligations to her husband (Victorian mandate of 2 years of full mourning for a widow) and the grief of losing her children (m
October 2015 Activities
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Literature
Hero Arc: Kid of the Black Hats
The Black Hats
Hero Arc for Protagonist: Kid
Some story notes: Story set in Los Angeles, 1982. Kid lived with the Rigby’s, unofficially, when 7/8 years old. (She had no family — wouldn’t say why.) She knows them, they know her. Kid was also directly worked with Charles as an occasional drug runner. Kid knew that Charles was the murderer of Heaven Rigby [died 1975]. Kid ended up in foster care after being hospitalized with severe burns — Charles disappeared with some burn damage himself and was never brought to justice.
Ordinary world: Kid attends hangs out at church with her childhood friend, Benny R
March 2016 Workshops
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Literature
NaPo Prompt List
Here's some prompts that I think would be fun for NaPoWriMo. c:
1. Go to your "Favorites" gallery on dA (anything but literature- so traditional art, digital art, or photography). Write a pome inspired by something you see in your favorites.
2. Write a poem from the You of your future to the You of your past.
3. Create a poem about your least favorite season using descriptive words from your favorite season (a poem about Winter that uses Spring words like rain, flowers, bloom, etc).
4. Grab a magazine or newspaper article- about anything- and write a poem using only words in the article.
5. Write a poem that takes place in your local set
NaPoWriMo
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Literature
Characterisation challenge: flaws
More NaNoPlotMo (https://www.deviantart.com/nanoplotmo) experiments! Too bad this will be the last one, I had fun doing them. This time, we could pick our challenge. I decided to go for this one:
The challenge:
"Write a short scene revolving around your character’s main flaw. Then attempt to write the same scene without the flaw. How much of a difference is there, and how does the flaw impact the theme, tension, and/or conflict of the scene?"
With a little bit of this:
"Try writing a short scene where all the action and emotion is centered around one character, BUT that character is not allowed to be the POV. You must write about them through the eyes of
June 2016 Characterization Workshops
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Literature
TWoM - Pacing Practise
A Dark Carriage
It was a night already. Misha sat in her quiet room, she had just finished her letter. Her empty tea cup stood on the table like asking to be carried back down the stairs. She scowled at it. Not today. You can wait.
The wind pushed against the windows with great pressure howling its lonely high-pitched song. Wooooosh. She could hear the twigs rustling against the glass and imagine the swish of leaves on the trees. The heavy drumming of the pouring rain accompanied the wind’s song, it went pitter, patter on the leaves. But somehow that melodic music of mother nature didn’t bring her a wink of sleep.
It must be th
October 2016 Workshops
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