Nov. 4, 2020 Carol Brennan King Note class changes next week: Creative Writing will be from 9-11am and Memoir will be from 2-4pm. Assignments Creative Writing: We talked about seven emotions: joy, anger, worry, anxiety, sadness, fear, and fright. For next week, write a short piece that shows your character(s) experiencing emotions. The point is…Read more Creative Writing and Memoir Class Notes
Writing Resources
I love writing, but I also love teaching writing and encouraging or coaching other writers. This part of my website is the natural outgrowth of that passion.
From time-to-time, I will add information or websites that I hope other writers might find useful, like this one from Purdue University:
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/creative_writing/index.html
The owl at the beginning of the URL mean Online Writing Lab and it is the creation of Purdue University. This particular part of their site is the introduction to Creative Writing resources. If you look to your left, you will see just a glimpse of all the great resources available to you here.
Keep watching because I will add more resources, mostly dependent on either what I need or what my students need.
Class Notes: Creative Writing and Memoir Oct. 28, 2020
Morrill goes on to say, “Character in nonfiction is shaped as much by an author’s omissions as by action.” You might change that to say, “Character is shown or shaped as much by implication as by action.”
Creative Writing/ Memoir
BUT there are other dimensions that we must think about that may require more time to choose how to show. We are now thinking of the dimension that we think of as within or insides or the depth of a person. Though these things may be more internal or foundational, they are as important or perhaps more important.
Creative Writing/Memoir Notes 10/14/20
Remember. whether you are writing fiction or nonfiction, you must know who you are talking/writing about. So think about what you know and what you must discover.
Creative Writing/Memoir Class Notes October 7, 2020 by Carol Brennan King
Do you choose to make your point by developing one issue ata a time or do you put lots of "nuts" in there and let your reader sort them out? I am not sure readers like guessing.
Creative Writing and Memoir Writing 9/30, 2020
Consider a time you were disappointed by another person or by the outcome of a great effort. What did you do or what did you want to do with that disappointment? Paint the scene with words.
Creative Writing and Memoir Class Notes
By creating intention, you allow the reader a perspective that pulls them deeper into the story. There must be yearning and desire
Creative Writing and Memoir Class Notes
Remember that people choose to look and act and do the things they do because it makes sense to them. You must know or find out why it makes sense to them.
Fall Writing Classes taught by Carol Brennan King
every writer should carry a small notebook in which to record anything curious that they hear or see on a given day. Think of these as story prompts you can use later.
Helps, this post is full of helps and inspirations!
I learned an important lesson checking one resource out. A loo, understood by some as the bathroom, didn't always mean that. An embarrassing mistake I almost made.
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