21 Feb 2007
Kennedy, ''Short Stories: 10 Tips''
Short story handout, written by a former student of mine.
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The Mind is Amazing
Excerpt: Make lists. Sketch out the characters, plot, emotional tone, and so forth -- without slowing down to organize your ideas into sentences and paragraphs. Kennedy, ''Short Stories: 10 Tips'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study)...
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Excerpt: Make lists. Sketch out the characters, plot, emotional tone, and so forth -- without slowing down to organize your ideas into sentences and paragraphs. Kennedy, ''Short Stories: 10 Tips'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study)...
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Tracked: February 19, 2007 7:40 PM
Another Person's Story
Excerpt: Kennedy, ''Short Stories: 10 Tips'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study) Collect stories from everyone you meet. Keep the amazing, the unusual, the strange, the irrational stories you hear and use them for your own purposes. Study them for...
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Tracked: February 19, 2007 8:51 PM
Excerpt: Kennedy, ''Short Stories: 10 Tips'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study) Collect stories from everyone you meet. Keep the amazing, the unusual, the strange, the irrational stories you hear and use them for your own purposes. Study them for...
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Tracked: February 19, 2007 8:51 PM
Catching the Reader's Attention!
Excerpt: Kennedy, ''Short Stories: 10 Tips'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study) "In today's fast-moving world, the first sentence of your short story should catch your reader's attention with the unusal, the unexpected, an action, or a conflict."...
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Tracked: February 19, 2007 9:50 PM
Excerpt: Kennedy, ''Short Stories: 10 Tips'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study) "In today's fast-moving world, the first sentence of your short story should catch your reader's attention with the unusal, the unexpected, an action, or a conflict."...
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open your eyes.
Excerpt: Kennedy, ''Short Stories: 10 Tips'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study)...
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Tracked: February 19, 2007 10:31 PM
Excerpt: Kennedy, ''Short Stories: 10 Tips'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study)...
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Digging Deep
Excerpt: Kennedy, ''Short Stories: 10 Tips'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study) Develop a list of events. Think about distressing, unusual, or difficult periods in your own life. Pick some of these events and write a paragraph about each one....
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Tracked: February 19, 2007 11:50 PM
Excerpt: Kennedy, ''Short Stories: 10 Tips'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study) Develop a list of events. Think about distressing, unusual, or difficult periods in your own life. Pick some of these events and write a paragraph about each one....
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It Begins At the End
Excerpt: Kennedy, ''Short Stories: 10 Tips'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study) "A short story... begins as close to the conclusion as possible."...
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Tracked: February 20, 2007 9:16 AM
Excerpt: Kennedy, ''Short Stories: 10 Tips'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study) "A short story... begins as close to the conclusion as possible."...
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Tracked: February 20, 2007 9:16 AM
One speaker per paragraph!
Excerpt: Kennedy, ''Short Stories: 10 Tips'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study)...
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Tracked: February 20, 2007 10:37 AM
Excerpt: Kennedy, ''Short Stories: 10 Tips'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study)...
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Aretha Franklin's Creative Process
Excerpt: Kennedy, ''Short Stories: 10 Tips'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study) "If you are having trouble getting started, look out the window. The whole world is a story, and every moment is a miracle."...
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Tracked: February 20, 2007 1:05 PM
Excerpt: Kennedy, ''Short Stories: 10 Tips'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study) "If you are having trouble getting started, look out the window. The whole world is a story, and every moment is a miracle."...
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New, Better, Improved Characters!
Excerpt: In order to develop a living, breathing, multi-faceted character, it is important to know way more about the character than you will ever use in the story. Kennedy, ''Short Stories: 10 Tips'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study)...
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Tracked: February 20, 2007 4:06 PM
Excerpt: In order to develop a living, breathing, multi-faceted character, it is important to know way more about the character than you will ever use in the story. Kennedy, ''Short Stories: 10 Tips'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study)...
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Really Get to Know Them
Excerpt: Kennedy, ''Short Stories: 10 Tips'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study) "In order to develop a living, breathing, multi-faceted character, it is important to know way more about the character than you will ever use in the story." Last...
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Tracked: February 20, 2007 4:54 PM
Excerpt: Kennedy, ''Short Stories: 10 Tips'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study) "In order to develop a living, breathing, multi-faceted character, it is important to know way more about the character than you will ever use in the story." Last...
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Tracked: February 20, 2007 4:54 PM
I Know Something You Don't Know
Excerpt: "Know way more about your character than you will ever use in the story"Kennedy, ''Short Stories: 10 Tips'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study)...
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Tracked: February 20, 2007 10:59 PM
Excerpt: "Know way more about your character than you will ever use in the story"Kennedy, ''Short Stories: 10 Tips'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study)...
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The luring of an audience.
Excerpt: Kennedy, ''Short Stories: 10 Tips'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study) "Write a Catchy First Paragraph"...
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Tracked: February 21, 2007 10:19 AM
Excerpt: Kennedy, ''Short Stories: 10 Tips'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study) "Write a Catchy First Paragraph"...
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Tracked: February 21, 2007 10:19 AM
Reflection on "Short Stories:10 Tips"
Excerpt: Kennedy, ''Short Stories: 10 Tips'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study) I thought that this site was very informative on how to write a short story. I really like the idea of collecting stories from my friends and family....
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Tracked: February 21, 2007 9:15 PM
Excerpt: Kennedy, ''Short Stories: 10 Tips'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study) I thought that this site was very informative on how to write a short story. I really like the idea of collecting stories from my friends and family....
Weblog: JennaMiller
Tracked: February 21, 2007 9:15 PM
Pieces of The Puzzle
Excerpt: Kennedy, ''Short Stories: 10 Tips'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study)...
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Tracked: February 22, 2007 8:07 PM
Excerpt: Kennedy, ''Short Stories: 10 Tips'' -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study)...
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Tracked: February 22, 2007 8:07 PM
Are we supposed to blog on this?
Posted by: Chera Pupi at February 19, 2007 4:16 PMYes.
If I simply link to a handout as part of explaining an assignment, I don't require you to blog about it, but this is today's assigned reading.
Posted by: Dennis G. Jerz at February 19, 2007 4:31 PMPost a comment
