After watching an epsiode of Doctor Who, I now see why everyone thinks it's so awesome. At first, I thought the weeping angels were a little bit cheesy, but dang, when they got their scary faces on screen that was a little bit more than creepy. I learned from watching this that different items that are inanimate objects can be made into a story. How awesome is that, and Doctor Who. I wish I had a British accent.
In chapter 10 of Steering the Craft, the main focus is multiple techniques for revision, such as crowding and leaping. Le Guin talks about the effects of crowding and keeping descriptive and lavish language. She also mentions the element of leaping (Often used in poetry as well). It is applied the same way to short stories as it is poems, except more in depth. I usually try to explore "leaping" from every aspect of my writing.
In chapter 9 of Steering the Craft, the main focus is indirect narration. It is discussed that the writer should create description through scene instead of creating a random palcement of description. This technique is known as invisible exposition or intertwining information "silently" within dialogue. Sometimes, this technique can add difficulty to the readers' imagination as they read. I would say it would not "flow", but we all know that's a bad word in creative writing.
In chapter 7 of Steering the Craft (point of view and voice), it is stressed that multiple points of view are important for short stories to help draw in the audience. The different types of voice that were touched on were reliable narrator, first person, limited third person, involved author, detached author, and some others. I believe this is one of the characteristics I have the most trouble with while writing a short story. I do try to incorporate multiple dialgue, but never point of view. I will be trying this new technique.
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