Ketchum and School
Anyone interested in horror writing needs to listen to Jack Ketchum's interview at:
Voices of Horror: An Interview with Jack Ketchum
School is going fairly well. We have the theatre program going so the kids are starting to do their own thing. Many are really finding their talents, and giving us hope for a great year. Today I read two classes my old story about hunting with my high school buddies. One class laughed the whole way through. I read my squirrel story to my Advanced English class. It's a story that started as a simple story about squirrels, but I had to add conflict and tension to make the story interesting. Giving such an innocent topic to a horror writer leads to a rather... um... interesting story. Some of the kids loved it, some will never look at squirrels that same way again. All were moved, and I guess that's what writing of that type is intended to do. The students' writing is improving, slowly. We will be working on POV soon, and then character "essays." I really want the literature magazine to be something the students will be proud of. It looks like we are well on that road.
For you moment of Zen, I refer you to marysang, with some thoughts on short story markets.
Voices of Horror: An Interview with Jack Ketchum
School is going fairly well. We have the theatre program going so the kids are starting to do their own thing. Many are really finding their talents, and giving us hope for a great year. Today I read two classes my old story about hunting with my high school buddies. One class laughed the whole way through. I read my squirrel story to my Advanced English class. It's a story that started as a simple story about squirrels, but I had to add conflict and tension to make the story interesting. Giving such an innocent topic to a horror writer leads to a rather... um... interesting story. Some of the kids loved it, some will never look at squirrels that same way again. All were moved, and I guess that's what writing of that type is intended to do. The students' writing is improving, slowly. We will be working on POV soon, and then character "essays." I really want the literature magazine to be something the students will be proud of. It looks like we are well on that road.
For you moment of Zen, I refer you to marysang, with some thoughts on short story markets.