a) Tell you why I friended you ( Read more... )

This is another little idea I've been fiddling with. It's first person, a format I haven't used in a while. I'm trying something new with it, and I hope that it's legible. It's title is a phrase that just popped into my head one day, but I have the feeling I'll change it in the future.

I originally wrote this out in a notebook, and after I typed it ( Read more... )

This is another idea I've been working on. Right now, I'm calling it "The Negotiators." This is the first bit, and it's a rough draft. Constructive comments and criticism is greatly appreciated. ^--^

Joseph Kressnov was a walking piece of Soviet Propaganda. He had the looks: tall, broad shoulders, square jawed, and a shock of thick, brown hair. ( Read more... )

This is a screenplay I just threw together. I did it mostly because the situation just popped into my head, and because I just got a screen writing program that I wanted to try out. I think the best way to describe it is a film drabble.

Because I can't think of a better tittle I'm calling it, "How it's Used."

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"In recapturing the past, writers often try to go beyond mere representation. What other ideas seem to be on these writer's minds?"

Brent Staples writes about how difficult his childhood was. He had eight siblings, an alcoholic father, and an incompetent mother. Throughout the piece he describes the hardships that his family went through. His ( Read more... )

The purpose of this short story is to parody, lampoon, or satire Nathaniel Hawthorne’s writing style. Parody is the intended purpose, but one of the other’s works perfectly fine as well. While I appreciate what Hawthorne has to say, I’m not crazy about how he says it. I didn’t like The Scarlet Letter all that much, but since I can’t attack that ( Read more... )

My first idea is doing a short story for this assignment. My source would be "Young Goodman Brown" from MLM.

It would be a parody if everything works out the way I want it to. The tentative title would be "Middle-aged Cousin Green," the name of the main character. In this story Middle-aged Cousin Green must defend himself from the Devil in the form ( Read more... )

The Glass Menagerie would be an interesting play to do as theater in the round. It could be done, but it may not have the same impact as a regular proscenium stage performance ( Read more... )

I like to think of short stories as a sock loaded with D sized batteries. They may be small, but they can pack quite a punch. Andre Dubus' "Killings" is one of those stories.

In "Killings" a man named Matt Fowler has entered his darkest days. Richard Strout murdered his youngest son, but Strout is out on bail. Matt's wife, Ruth, sees Strout nearly ( Read more... )

Poems use many different techniques to convey their messages and ideas. These techniques can include: tone, diction, metaphors, and meter, to mention just a few. In addition, there are other techniques that can often go hand in hand with these that have been mentioned; for example: rhythm and meter, or diction and syntax.

A good example of a ( Read more... )