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Drama: February 28, 2007 Issue [#1576]

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Continueing on with the next chapter in Writing The Wave by Elizabeth Ayres

A Gull’s Eye View

Chapter 3

Taking charge of what you write

~Viewpoint~
think of a person you know (avoid family members)

set your timer for three minutes
1. describe the person, using the third person (“he” or “she”)

set your timer for three minutes
2. have the person describe himself, using the first person (“I”)

set your timer for three minutes
3. describe the same person, but from the point of view from a relative who has died and passed on
(use “I” for the relative, “he” or “she” for the person) in other words, this person is omnipotent.

Now you have 3 different pieces of writing, all about the same person

4. jot down one or two ways that your first piece (third person) imparts information not found in the second piece (first person)

5. briefly describe what the narrator of the second piece has revealed about him or herself

6. identify one or two ways in which one pf your pieces is more interesting than the others

7. which piece did you enjoy writing the most? Why?

8. For each of these pieces you’ve written, think of at least one unexpected point of view you could use to retell it. Remember, animals and inanimate objects are ideal for unusual perspectives.


~Circles~

Draw two circles (large enough to write in) one inside the other

1.Think of a tree- decide which tree you’re going to use in this exercise

2. in the inner circle- Jot down everything you can think of about your tree

3. in the outer circle- jot down anything that comes to mind when you think of trees in general

4. take a clean sheet of paper and write at the top “I want my tree to express _____”. Now fill in the blank

set your timer for 10 minutes
5. using the sheet you just set up and writing about a tree, express the quality you selected by using options from both circles (express the quality selected by mixing the layers from both circles)


It’s share time now. Read your writing out loud and answer the following questions-
~ did you use layers from both circles?
~ if yes, can you see that the unused layers were unnecessary to your purpose?
~ if no, can you see how the ignored circle simply didn’t contribute to your artistic purpose?
~ did you find this exercise harder than mushing boxes together as in chapter 2?


Chapter 3 is now completed!




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Just a couple of comments on this newsletter-

Mandik- The exercise you have recommended promises to be a very fruitful one, from what I can see. Thanks. I am going to try it.

tinman


Hi Mandik. Great newsletter, very useful

Darkin



Can't wait to here from some of you that are trying some of these exercises! Are they helping you at all with your writing? Unblocked that writer's block? Given you a new perspective yet?

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