Building Blocks of Storytelling
Posted by wordimprovisor177 in Darlene, Structure on April 23, 2013
You are a baby sitting in a high chair. Your parents, aunts, uncles, their friends are telling each other stories around the dinner table. Afterwards, you watch cartoons while the grownups chat some more. Later, your mom reads you a book (My fave: The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein). You are absorbing it all. Story […]
Trance: A Mosaic of Memory (Review)
Posted by jarviswrites in Jennie, Reviews on April 14, 2013
I can’t tell you how many times I have seen beginning screenwriters cling to the notion that they HAVE to use flashbacks in their work in order to tell their story. “How else can I show that my character’s actions are motivated by the fact that she was molested by her father/neighbor/uncle/priest/clown when she was […]
Embracing Structure as a Tool for Your Story
Posted by virgowriter in Brad, Structure on April 7, 2013
In architecture, there’s an expression: form follows function. This means that the way something is used dictates the shape of the building (or components of it). So, for example, stairs on a stair case are designed the way they are so that they can function the way they are supposed to: to allow a person […]
Publishing News for Brad Windhauser (News)
Posted by virgowriter in Brad, News on April 4, 2013
Brad’s recent review of Solomon Jones’ The Dead Man’s Wife was just published at the Philadelphia Review of Books. In his review, Brad discusses (among other things) the author’s use of setting (Philadelphia), characterization, style, and the reader’s expectations of genre fiction: http://philadelphiareviewofbooks.com/2013/04/03/a-crime-at-dirty-franks/ In other news, Brad’s recent story “The Diagnosis” was accepted at Ray’s […]
Screenwriting Structure – The Three Act Paradigm
Posted by jarviswrites in Jennie, Structure on April 3, 2013
This month on 5writers, we’re going to be talking about structure, and what better way to kick us off than to talk about the most structured writing that exists – screenwriting! Not only do film scripts have extremely strict rules for how the script is formatted, but the underlying structure of the story has very […]
A Poet’s Perspective on Grammar
Posted by virgowriter in Grammar, Guest Bloggers on March 26, 2013
David Locke works in the Library at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise. He attended Louisiana State University as a double major in History and Creative Writing. In addition, he earned his Master of Fine Arts from Queens University in Charlotte. Though he hopes to begin submitting work again soon, he continues his self-imposed […]
Presenting at Conferences (Special Edition)
Posted by jarviswrites in Jennie, Special Editions on March 25, 2013
Earlier this month, I presented a workshop at MegaCon 2013, a comic book convention in Orlando, Florida. Keeping this in mind, we here at 5writers thought it might be a good idea for me to share my experience with presenting at conferences. So here is a down and dirty breakdown of the three most common […]
Grammar Blessings. And Curses.
Posted by priceswrite in Grammar, Linda on March 22, 2013
I hate grammar. I have been putting off this post, because I hate grammar. I used to be good at it. Now I’ve forgotten everything except the occasional comma rule. And capitalization, I’m pretty good at that. And incomplete sentences. (I’m really good at those.) And run-on sentences. And subjective vs objective pronouns. Okay, so […]
Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never let Me Go (Review)
Posted by virgowriter in Brad, Reviews on March 17, 2013
Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never let Me Go Some books take their time drawing you in. Kazuo Ishiguro’s dystopian novel Never Let Me Go is a perfect example, though once it has you, it carries you on an emotionally satisfying (and at times touching and sad) journey. It’s hard to discuss the book without revealing a few […]
Jennie Giving Workshop at FWA Conference (News)
Posted by jarviswrites in Jennie, News on March 16, 2013
Five Writer’s contributor Jennie Jarvis will be conducting a workshop at the Florida Writer’s Association Conference. Let’s Talk About the Movies (Friday, October 18th at 3:30pm – exact workshop time subject to change) I have this idea that would make a GREAT movie!” I hear that a lot, but sadly, most of the people who […]
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