More revision prompts to add to https://pleiadesmag.com/teaching-revision-all-of-the-revision-prompts-so-far/ - I'm teaching revision again, this time for a senior thesis workshop, in which students are workshopping novels, plays, TV and webisode scripts, whatever...
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. - Relatability: is it clear how the implied author is presenting the...
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. – Characterization: what makes the character different from everyone...
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. How to define "tone," for example, seemed especially difficult. Here are some alternate...
What Is Craft and What Does It Do, Part 1 Craft is a set of expectations. Craft is a history of power. In other words: history is craft. Craft is a lineage of whose stories are passed down and by whom, what kind of stories are on record. Craft is both much more and...
School is almost back in session, and the blog is back with some writing exercises meant to help students with various elements of craft. If you’d like to contribute a guest post or response, please contact me at m [dot] salesses [at gmail etc.]. For...
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...