LIVE! #21
5 July 2020
Agenda
- Why We're Here / Roundtable Rules
- Introduction to Literary Forensics
- Group Discussion
- Further Study
Why We're Here
We writers want to improve our craft
by reading like a writer
We learn from each other
using Literary Forensics
Roundtable Rules
Always refer back to the book
Practice active listening & serendipity
Every feeling and observation is valid...
but not every conclusion
Always refer back to the book
Reading Teaches Writing
What do you 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 you notice?
Why was this book written?
Who is the protagonist?
Do you believe in spirits?
What's up with the color blue?
Bangkok Wakes to Rain - Stats
- Marketing: Historical Asian Fiction, Asian American Literature & Fiction
- Genre: Magical-Realistic, Historical / Modern-Day / Future, Arch-Plot Long-Form
- Word count: 100,680
- Print Pages: 368
- Reading Level: 8th grade
- POV: Multiple
- Tense: past; 3rd person singular
past; 3rd person plural (Outpour, Uprising, Netherworld) - Publish date: February 19, 2019
- Publisher: Riverhead Books
- Sold By: Penguin Group (USA) LLC
- Audio book narrator: Euan Morton
A short, incomplete history of Thailand
- 1238-1438: Sukhothai Kingdom
Thai alphabet created - 1351-1767: Ayutthaya Kingdom
Theravada Buddhism made official religion - 1782-1932: Rattanakosin (Krungthep) Kingdom
กรุงเทพมหานคร อมรรัตนโกสินทร์ มหินทรายุธยา มหาดิลกภพ นพรัตน์ราชธานีบูรีรมย์ อุดมราชนิเวศน์มหาสถาน อมรพิมานอวตารสถิต สักกะทัตติยวิษณุกรรมประสิทธิ์
1850s: Third Cholera Pandemic
1851-1868: Rama IV: King Mongkut (Anna and the King)
1855: Bowring Trade Treaty - 1932-present: Constitutional Monarchy / Military Rule
Military Coups: 13 successful, 9 unsuccessful - 14 Oct 1973: Pro-democracy demonstrations: 77 dead
- 6 Oct 1976: Thammasat University massacre: 100+ dead
- 18 May 1992 (Bloody May): 200,000 protestors; 56 dead
- 1997: Asian financial crisis
