Jacob’s Escalator

My favorite writing exercise so far, IV deals with dialogue, its use to show rather than tell, and how it can tell the story all on its own. The first section is just an analysis of part of our reading assignment and I thusly removed it (because it’s out of context and therefore confusing). However, the second part remains here, which is probably one of the most amusing things I’ve ever written. It is a short-short story (or, in my case, a piece of a short story) that takes place in a single conversation. We were told exactly how to write it out - first character says something, describe an action by the second character, then a response, first character says six or less words, etc. Quite an amusing challenge, and I think the resulting story is no less interesting.

Remember Nadia and Christian? Read More »

Sorry it’s taken me so long. We’re up to Exercise IV, I just haven’t posted this one yet.

Anyway, here it is… the theme was character. Parts I and II consisted of making a character, first by a short paragraph and answering several questions from a list, then by actually describing them in a scene that portrayed their job.

Part III… was writing a kiss scene in three different viewpoints - first person, third person omniscient (with everyone’s mind open to the reader) and third person objective (as an observer). Read More »