LIVE! #7
10 February 2019
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
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
- • Character & character development
- • Pacing
- • Horizontal structure
- • Layering of themes
- • Overall effect
Female Persuasion - Stats
- Marketing: Sisters, Mothers & Children, Women's Fiction
- Genre: Realistic, Present-Day, Arch-Plot Long-Form
- Word count: 148,732
- Print Pages: 463
- Tense: Past
- POV: Greer, Cory, Zee, Faith, Emmett
- Publish date: April 3, 2018
- Publisher: Riverhead Books
- Sold by: Penguin Group
- Best of 2018: New York Times Notable Book,
People Magazine's Top Ten Book
- 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
POV
Word Cloud
Writers Who Read: Next Up
Kudos - Rachel Cusk (UK, 2018)