This was a really interesting story to me as it took such a small moment and exploded it into extreme detail. It felt like the whole thing could’ve easily been a 5 minute scene if it were a film. Not only did this make it […]
Category: WRT 312- Journals
Journal #10 (WRT-312)
Thinking about our discussion last class, there were a couple things I noted while reading. First off, the fact that most of this story is lead off of description and narration over dialogue. I’m not sure how much I loved this as I found myself […]
Journal #9 (WRT-312)
On the second page of this chapter there was one specific paragraph that sat with me for the entirety of the chapter. The author was describing that some of our favorite literary characters are who they are because of the PLACE they were in. That […]
Journal #8 (WRT-312)
The first thing that struck me about this chapter was the suggested use of dialogue tags when it comes to making conversations seem curated, but not fake. The author makes mention that using the words he said or she said are more effective than trying […]
Journal #7
First off, this has been my favorite short story we’ve read so far this semester. It had a complete grip on me from the very first sentence all the way to the last. Honestly, it made me tear up by the end. I really want […]
Journal #2 (WRT-312)
A section of this chapter that really stuck out to me, mostly because it is my biggest challenge in fiction writing, is how we choose where characters come from. Deciding on “who” this person will be and then forming them to be such. I thought […]
Journal #4 (WRT-312)
One aspect of craft that I really enjoyed in this story was how Bowe painted her characters to be “real” but not overdone. It reminded me a lot of the discussion we had last class about how one can achieve building characters and developing them […]
Journal #1 (FWW)
One element of this story I really enjoyed was the internal monologue versus the external dialogue. As the audience, it made me feel like I was inside the brain of the narrator while also a fly on the wall. The continuation of rhetorical questions or […]
