May 13- Solitary Confinement

(1) What did you do/write/create today?
(2) What did you learn (About yourself, your story, your writing, etc.)

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May 12- Solitary Confinement

(1) What did you do/write/create today?
(2) What did you learn (About yourself, your story, your writing, etc.)

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Solitary Confinement

 

For today's class you will be working on your writing project.  If you have selected to do Newspaper Blackout Poetry, you should be "shopping for images" to help you create your trio of poems.  If you have selected to do Social Fiction, then you should be looking for a story seed (consider your story molecules, or the IO9 visual prompts we explored in class yesterday).  at the end of class you will be coming back to the room to post a comment here that addresses the following two questions:

(1) What did you do/write/create today?
(2) What did you learn (About yourself, your story, your writing, etc.)

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Visual Writing Prompts

http://io9.com/tag/concept-art-writing-prompt

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Personal Addition of the Day

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Choose Your Own Project Adventure: Option B- Social Fiction

Social Fiction is a form of writing that combines a traditional short story with the modern narrative of Social Media.  You will be creating a Social Fiction story. You may work alone, or with a partner. 

Fiction

- Short story based on a visual prompt

- 500-1000 words in length (feel free to exceed this word count)

- Includes examples of: imagery, dialogue, and non-verbal body language, “so what” and any other writing techniques discussed in class.

Social

- You will create an actual social media profile for plot- or character(s) - of your short story.

- Choose the social media platform of your choice: Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, Blog, Facebook.

- Must have at least 20 posts/tweets/pins etc.

- Visuals must be created by YOU!! No stealing from the internet!!!

The social media portion of your project must integrate clearly with the story of your plotline. The social media is not just a visual supplement, it is the story too.

Looking for examples? Here's the Social Fiction created by last semester's students:

http://cre8tivehavoc.blogspot.ca/2014/01/social-fiction-hand-in.html

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Choose Your Own Project Adventure: Option A- Newspaper Blackout Poetry

#newspaperblackoutpoetry #austinkleon #engchat #mbedu

Our next writing project involves "Creativity through Subtraction"

Here's two videos to give some background:

A sample of Austin Kleon's Blackout Poetry:

Creative Writing 101- By Austin Kleon

http://www.austinkleon.com/

Some links to explore:

http://www.austinkleon.com/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/deathtogutenberg/sets/72157594575556771/

So here we go!

• You are going to create a trio of Newspaper Blackout Poetry.
• All poems in the trio must relate to one another through a common theme.
• Each poem must have a title.

Ready, set, blackout!

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