Setting: Laundromat
Characters: Silas, Dephin
Silas: This machine just won't come on! She goes to another machine Damn, it's still not working (She kicks the machine)
Delphin: Walks up carefully towards Silas. You know what, you can use mine. I haven't put my clothes in yet.
Silas: Okay, then which one are you going to use? looking aaround
Delphin: I don't know, just go ahead. (Aside: This woman looks like she's about to pu her hair out! For my safety, she better go before me)
Silas: Thank you, so what's your name?
(Man bursts into the building)
Man: There you are! you good for nothing piece of crap. pointing towards Delphin
(Delphin runs out of the laundromat through another exit)
Man: So it's like that huh!
Delphin: I'm so sorry!
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Playwriting critique
I think the playwriting exercise in class was a good way for us to explore our creativity and tap into ideas that we never would've thought of on outr own. The ideas of having a setting to start off with and different characters is a good start because creating a play, I believe is not an east task.
When I was writing my play, I was already thinkning about the props I would include on stage and how I can further develop my characters. To a certain extent, this activity created a stream of consciousness and that makes it worthwhile in my opinion.
When I was writing my play, I was already thinkning about the props I would include on stage and how I can further develop my characters. To a certain extent, this activity created a stream of consciousness and that makes it worthwhile in my opinion.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Exercise 9: Singing Child
This is a replacement poem taken from p331 in the text:
I hear the child singing in the room,
The left hand higher than the right, the
bass music - the song is restated.
Now the musuc can stay in my memoory
in and around the peaceful horse.
Now the child can sing another tune
and the dogs can close their mouths a little.
Later the neighbors can come together
and sing for another time, almost like the choir
without a leader.
I hear the child singing in the room,
The left hand higher than the right, the
bass music - the song is restated.
Now the musuc can stay in my memoory
in and around the peaceful horse.
Now the child can sing another tune
and the dogs can close their mouths a little.
Later the neighbors can come together
and sing for another time, almost like the choir
without a leader.
Critique 9: The Replacement Poem
The Replacement Poem creates another avenue for creativity when it comes to writing poetry. I think this form is uncommon because writers probably find it challenging to make sense out of a peom where you replace the nouns, adverbs,adjectives and verbs.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Exercise 8: Powell's Books
Writing Exercise from a Post Card Called Powell's Books:
So I walked around in Paris, practicing a lot of French that I learned in class. I was really fun engaging in conversations. When I walked in Powell's, I was amazed by the variety of books I saw. Powell's Books is famous for their international collection. Inside there were paintings from every country in the United States and other places. Powell's attracted people from all over. The people in the area would stand outside to talk to tourists and ask them their plans for the duration of their stay. Since the people who worked at Powell's were so friendly and the neighborhood was welcoming, they had a stream of tourists visiting both on week days and weekends.
So I walked around in Paris, practicing a lot of French that I learned in class. I was really fun engaging in conversations. When I walked in Powell's, I was amazed by the variety of books I saw. Powell's Books is famous for their international collection. Inside there were paintings from every country in the United States and other places. Powell's attracted people from all over. The people in the area would stand outside to talk to tourists and ask them their plans for the duration of their stay. Since the people who worked at Powell's were so friendly and the neighborhood was welcoming, they had a stream of tourists visiting both on week days and weekends.
Critique 8: The Colonel
The eerie literary piece is filled with suspense as it unfolds into an unsolved mystery. If this was a movie, I think it would be a thriller. The part about human ears was shocking. It was an unexpected part of the plot. I did not expect something like that to appear in the plot.
Also, there is something cultural about the setting because the show on the television is in English and the commercial is in Spanish. We also know that the narrator of the story is foreign because she says, "I was asked how I enjoyed the country." This idea is later confirmed when she says, "As for the rights of anyone, tell your people they can go fuck themselves." This is where tenseionn intensifies in the prose.
The story proceeds with an indirect plot to the end.
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Also, there is something cultural about the setting because the show on the television is in English and the commercial is in Spanish. We also know that the narrator of the story is foreign because she says, "I was asked how I enjoyed the country." This idea is later confirmed when she says, "As for the rights of anyone, tell your people they can go fuck themselves." This is where tenseionn intensifies in the prose.
The story proceeds with an indirect plot to the end.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Exercise 7: A Photograph of Me
It was taken a few months ago
When I was there
In that old place, that
foreign place
I can still remember how I felt
The smile that shined from within
In the background there's a
lot of flowers
that made my day brighter
I'll never forget
that day
(It was taken
the day after I got the flu)
If you look really closeley
You will see
the medication in my bag next to me
so small, barely
noticeable
When I was there
In that old place, that
foreign place
I can still remember how I felt
The smile that shined from within
In the background there's a
lot of flowers
that made my day brighter
I'll never forget
that day
(It was taken
the day after I got the flu)
If you look really closeley
You will see
the medication in my bag next to me
so small, barely
noticeable
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