All posts in "arc"

Some Attempts at (Re)definition: Setting

Some Attempts at (Re)definition: Setting

I have been thinking for a while about how our attempts to define craft terms influence our students’ (and our own) aesthetics, and I have wanted to try other definitions. The first post is here. – Setting: awareness of the world Though it has somehow become common to...

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Some Attempts at (Re)Definition: Story Arc

Some Attempts at (Re)Definition: Story Arc

I have been thinking for a while about how our attempts to define craft terms influence our students’ (and our own) aesthetics, and I have wanted to try other definitions. The first post is here. – Character arc: how a character changes or fails to change Story arc:...

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22 Revision Prompts: Teaching Revision Part 4

22 Revision Prompts: Teaching Revision Part 4

This is a continuation of my posts on teaching revision. Earlier posts can be found here and here and here. What prompts do you use to teach revision? I'm a little over halfway through the revision workshop I'm teaching this summer, and here are 22 exercises I've...

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