Today, continue working on your Bradbury-style story. Check the post below for details. You are attempting either Bradbury's technique for coming up with ideas, the advice from Damon Knight, or writing a story without a protagonist.
In any case, please use your time today in class to complete a draft of the story. If you do not complete the draft today in class, please complete over the weekend as homework.
Haiku:
Haiku Website #1
Haiku Website #2
Haiku Website #3
Please read haiku. You can read a lot of this stuff very quickly as a break from your fiction writing. Look here for some samples. The more you read, the more you'll understand the form. For the craft, take a look at the next part of this blog entry.
Haiku juxtaposes or contrasts ideas. Frequently, contrasts are set up with the first two lines presenting one idea and then switching suddenly to another idea by the closing of the poem. This technique is referred to as cutting or kireji.
Cutting involves juxtaposition of images. One image balances a second, effectively creating two parts to a haiku. These two sections should enhance and work off each other like a good friend. In English, the contrast is often emphasized with punctuation such as a long dash (em-dash) or ellipsis. One handy way to do this is to read the first two lines (they should make sense), then read the 2nd and last line. If both phrases make sense, you've probably got a good haiku.
Haiku uses a seasonal or key word called kigo. Each season has its own kigo.
Winter imagery, for example, often depicts grief, death, distance, and serenity. Take a look at some winter kigo and see if you can use it as a central image in your own haiku:
Season: Winter
HOMEWORK: Continue reading The Martian Chronicles. Aim to complete this book by Monday. Please check the background material to help you understand the work (see posts and links below!) Complete your short story draft for a workshop on Monday, as well.
In any case, please use your time today in class to complete a draft of the story. If you do not complete the draft today in class, please complete over the weekend as homework.
Haiku:
Haiku Website #1
Haiku Website #2
Haiku Website #3
Please read haiku. You can read a lot of this stuff very quickly as a break from your fiction writing. Look here for some samples. The more you read, the more you'll understand the form. For the craft, take a look at the next part of this blog entry.
Haiku juxtaposes or contrasts ideas. Frequently, contrasts are set up with the first two lines presenting one idea and then switching suddenly to another idea by the closing of the poem. This technique is referred to as cutting or kireji.
Cutting involves juxtaposition of images. One image balances a second, effectively creating two parts to a haiku. These two sections should enhance and work off each other like a good friend. In English, the contrast is often emphasized with punctuation such as a long dash (em-dash) or ellipsis. One handy way to do this is to read the first two lines (they should make sense), then read the 2nd and last line. If both phrases make sense, you've probably got a good haiku.
Haiku uses a seasonal or key word called kigo. Each season has its own kigo.
Winter imagery, for example, often depicts grief, death, distance, and serenity. Take a look at some winter kigo and see if you can use it as a central image in your own haiku:
Season: Winter
- Freezing rain or freezing drizzle
- Sleigh rides
- Snowfall, Blizzard
- Snow or ice sculptures (snowmen, etc)
- Football Playoffs: "The Super Bowl"
- Ice fishing
- Ice hockey
- Ice skating
- Polar plunges
- Sledding, Tobaggoning
- Snowboarding
- Skiing
- Snow shoeing
- Snow shoveling
- Candles, firewood, fireplaces, etc.
- Christmas Eve, Christmas Day
- Earth Day
- Epiphany (Episcopal, Catholic)
- Groundhog Day
- Hanukkah
- Martin Luther King Jr., Day
- Lincoln's Birthday (12th February)
- President's Day
- Pearl Harbor Day
- St. Valentine's Day
- Washington's Birthday (22nd February)
- Midterms
- Blue jays
- Cardinals
- Chickadees
- Juncos
- Mockingbirds, northern
- Owls
- Sparrows
- Crows (Rochester)
- Titmouse, tufted
- Woodpeckers
- Poinsettia
- Norway pines
HOMEWORK: Continue reading The Martian Chronicles. Aim to complete this book by Monday. Please check the background material to help you understand the work (see posts and links below!) Complete your short story draft for a workshop on Monday, as well.
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