The Art of Narrative Craft
We have already read a story, London’s “To Build a Fire,” in which the setting (the wintry northwest forest) actually becomes a character in the story, and not just a character, but the antagonist. In the exemplary stories that follow, the setting takes over the story, almost as if it is a character in the story. Hemingway’s “A Clean, Well-Lighted Continue reading STORIES FOR SETTING
I. Begin a story that is set in an unusual time and place, so that you must absolutely let your reader know that, hey, this isn’t here and now, but there and then. Can you do this without the obvious This is Gettysburg, Pennsylvania during the Civil War? II. Begin a story whose setting is a ‘character’ in the narrative, Continue reading PROMPTS FOR SETTING
Revision Writing Site is a blog that will focus on the art of narrative craft. Each week I will be posting articles that will focus on a different aspect of narrative craft. Usually these will come from the textbook that I use to teach in my fiction workshops at the City University of New York. In addition to the articles Continue reading WELCOME TO REVISION WRITING SITE