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fandomhigh2007-01-17 03:51 am
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Creative Writing, Period 6 1/17
Yuki has his laptop once again. He seems a bit more relaxed than usual. In fact, he almost looks like he could fall asleep at any moment. However, he stands after the class has assembled.
“Happy Wednesday.” Oddly enough, he doesn’t sound very happy about it. He doesn’t even smile. “Right. Today we’re doing something thrilling. Don’t get too excited.”
“By the end of the semester you’re each going to write a 10-20 page short story. For a few weeks I’m going to teach you lessons to prepare to write this, and later on you’ll be allowed to write this story. Today though, we’re going to be talking about writing styles, but most specifically, narrators.”
“You are the author, so if you want to be technical, of course you’re the narrator, but I want to look deeper. What I want to talk about is not only who is telling your story but also how they are telling it. There are three “persons” if you will. First person, that’s the narrator telling the story, using I’s and me’s as if the story is happening, or happened, to them. Then second person, is referring directly to the person, as in “you”. Third person is the most used, it makes the narrator farther from the people it’s discussing. Usually these are most objective, often the narrator can feel cold, unfeeling and uninvolved with the character. This may or may not be a desired effect.”
“That brings up the way narrators are involved. In a story that is written in first person, you only have what that character is telling you, and sometimes they can be an unreliable source, because they don’t have all the information. Imagine how often you misinterpret things. That’s just how it works. A third person narrator should be reliable, because they have all the facts laid out.”
Yuki clears his throat, “Mm. Well then, the narrator can also tell a story in the past, or present. This all depends on verbs and other lines such as, “Little did I know…” because in a line like that one, your character is being retrospective and reflecting back on what’s happened.”
“I’m going to give you four short excerpts and at the top it says what type of narration it is. Finally I want you to write a short piece with any type of narration you’d like, even if I haven’t given an example of it. Write the type of narration at the top and turn it in. It doesn’t have to be long. A max of one page. And also, for the benefit of hoodie-wonder boy I’d like to let you all know that by “writing” I mean on those lines they put on the paper. For you to write on. And in coherent sentence structure. Don’t forget to keep breathing too, Hoodie.”
((ooc: Availability a bit patchy until late afternoon. Once again, handwave anywhere, real writing is fine, but this week it’s not much fun, sorry… I promise I’ll make it fun again next week!))
“Happy Wednesday.” Oddly enough, he doesn’t sound very happy about it. He doesn’t even smile. “Right. Today we’re doing something thrilling. Don’t get too excited.”
“By the end of the semester you’re each going to write a 10-20 page short story. For a few weeks I’m going to teach you lessons to prepare to write this, and later on you’ll be allowed to write this story. Today though, we’re going to be talking about writing styles, but most specifically, narrators.”
“You are the author, so if you want to be technical, of course you’re the narrator, but I want to look deeper. What I want to talk about is not only who is telling your story but also how they are telling it. There are three “persons” if you will. First person, that’s the narrator telling the story, using I’s and me’s as if the story is happening, or happened, to them. Then second person, is referring directly to the person, as in “you”. Third person is the most used, it makes the narrator farther from the people it’s discussing. Usually these are most objective, often the narrator can feel cold, unfeeling and uninvolved with the character. This may or may not be a desired effect.”
“That brings up the way narrators are involved. In a story that is written in first person, you only have what that character is telling you, and sometimes they can be an unreliable source, because they don’t have all the information. Imagine how often you misinterpret things. That’s just how it works. A third person narrator should be reliable, because they have all the facts laid out.”
Yuki clears his throat, “Mm. Well then, the narrator can also tell a story in the past, or present. This all depends on verbs and other lines such as, “Little did I know…” because in a line like that one, your character is being retrospective and reflecting back on what’s happened.”
“I’m going to give you four short excerpts and at the top it says what type of narration it is. Finally I want you to write a short piece with any type of narration you’d like, even if I haven’t given an example of it. Write the type of narration at the top and turn it in. It doesn’t have to be long. A max of one page. And also, for the benefit of hoodie-wonder boy I’d like to let you all know that by “writing” I mean on those lines they put on the paper. For you to write on. And in coherent sentence structure. Don’t forget to keep breathing too, Hoodie.”
((ooc: Availability a bit patchy until late afternoon. Once again, handwave anywhere, real writing is fine, but this week it’s not much fun, sorry… I promise I’ll make it fun again next week!))
Notes/Questions/Handouts
Yuki’s ruler-straight handwriting reads such on the top of each photocopy:
First Person, Present Tense http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Wallpaper">The Yellow Wallpaper
First Person, Past Tense Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/76)
Third Person with an “involved” narrator Villa Incognito (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Incognito)
Thrid person, “uninvolved” narrator, present tense, LotR (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring)
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Hey, she thought her adventure story was awesome, but it could always be better.
Also, she thought the third bit they were given was kind of very awesome
since it's where the title of Nadia's journal comes from, zomg.Re: Notes/Questions/Handouts
Read that book last summer. And I love his images and comparisons hardcore.Re: Notes/Questions/Handouts
I've read/listened to several of his. That one was the book on tape I had for my drive to Florida two years ago.
Skinny Legs and All is his best, though.
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