Stories of the Mall
"Keep a notebook. To R.V. Cassill, notebooks are "incubators", a place to begin with overheard conversation, expressive phrases, images, ideas, and interpretations on the world around you." (Kennedy)
I remember one of my English teachers from high school that any time I was having a problem with coming up for an idea for a short story or a poem, I should just take a note book and go sit at the food court at the mall. He said listen to the conversations going on and watch the people passing by. Something someone says or does will spark an idea for me to write about. After reading this quote I remembered my teacher's advice, and although I never got the chance to try it, for some of the assignments in this class I may find myself sitting at the food court in the mall with a notebook listening in and watching people to try to get inspiration.
1 TrackBacks
Listed below are links to blogs that reference this entry: Stories of the Mall.
TrackBack URL for this entry: http://blogs.setonhill.edu/mt/mt_tb-awoisdlkfj.cgi/11749
Random thoughts are exactly what they are, random!Anyone can say random words. It does Have favorable results. His attempts to woo -- But never all the way -- toward the cliff Conform to something so unlike yourself The other... Read More
2 Comments
Leave a comment
Recent Comments
Dennis G. Jerz on Stories of the Mall: Katie, don't forget to include
Katie, don't forget to include a link from your blog entry to the course page devoted to the reading.
it was very good and i would read it over and over