LIVE! #1
1 August 2018
Agenda
- Why We're Here
- Literary Forensics
- - What do I bring?
- - What do I feel?
- - What do I notice?
- - What do I study?
- Next Month's Reading & Study
Why We're Here
We Writers want to improve our craft
by Reading like a Writer
through Literary Forensics training
we learn from each other
Roundtable Rules
Always refer back to the book
We practice active listening & serendipity
Every feeling and observation is valid...
but not every conclusion
Always refer back to the book
Angie Thomas
What do I feel?
What in the book elicited that feeling?
Every feeling and observation is valid...
but every conclusion should be questioned
We practice serendipity
- nothing is too crazy
Always refer back to the book
What do I notice?
- • Language and Grammar
- • Context
- • Point of view
- • Voice
- • Character development
- • Horizontal structure
- • Pacing
- • Layering of themes
- • Overall effect
The Hate U Give - Stats
- Genre: Young Adult
- Realistic Present-Day, Archplot, Long-Form Drama
- Word count: 113,815
- Print Pages: 447
- Tense: Present
- POV: First Person Singular (Starr)
- Publish date: February 28, 2017
- Publisher: Balzer + Bray
- Seller: HarperCollins Publishers
- NYT best-seller: 73 weeks
- Units sold: 500,000+
- Collector's Edition: August 4, 2018
- Movie Release: October 8, 2018
- 7 possible Plot Types:
- Overcoming the Monster
- Rags to Riches
- The Quest
- Voyage and Return
- Comedy
- Tragedy
- Rebirth
- 4 possible Story Types:
- Milieu
- Idea
- Character
- Event
Word Cloud
Writers Who Read: Coming Up
September 5: Less - Andrew Sean Greer (USA, 2017)
October 3: Mrs. Fletcher - Tom Perotta (USA, 2017)
November 7: Origin - Dan Brown (USA, 2017)
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