"A" is for Adding - Week 1 |
"R" is for Rearranging - Week 2 |
This week's lesson is intended to shake you out of your predetermined truth of what you think you are writing about. We'll explore the art of inquiry, and enter into our drafts with a strategy of curiosity. "Questions demand attempts at answers," often times from different parts of yourself. A definitive answer to the questions is not the goal, the attempts are what we're striving for.
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"I was crazy to see how fine writing was made: the shape, the armature." So says Leonora Smith in her essay, "Locate Mercy." This week we'll play with parts. What happens when this is moved from there to here? What opening does it reveal, what portal for us to enter through?
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"S" is for Subtraction - Week 3 |
"E" is for Exchange - Week 4 |
Well, we're not really subtracting. At this stage nothing is tossed away. What we're toying with here is a vertical read, plucking out words or images that move us in some way and see what unfolds when we focus our attention on them for a while.
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"E" could also stand for "Egads, it's not all about me!" This lesson we head jump into another character in our story. We'll exchange our point of view to see if "walking a mile in another's shoes" allows for new perspectives and insights. Heavy on scene work, you'll get to really use your imaginative faculties on this one.
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