In this section of my site, I will be going over my Narrative Project and covering everything that has both taught and guided me on how to properly compose it. This will include links to blog posts that helped be better understand how to be a coherent writer along with the readings that were used as well. Links will be provided where needed.
When starting this process and having the concept of a narrative project explained to me, I was worried out of my mind because writing was my kryptonite. I could barely put together a sentence without making it too basic or using too much street lingo. Little did I know that I was in for a whole new world when the class started to dig in on how to become a proper writer. The first pieces of literature that were introduced to us was, What is Creative Nonfiction? by (Lee Gutkind) and Making Scenes in Memoir by (Lee Martin). The first was to help us get a better understanding of what it meant to use and approach creative nonfiction. The other helped us learn how to build a scene and the importance of what a scene can add in writing as well as a build a connection between us, the authors and the audience.
The result would be the first blog assignment, us writing out a present scene from our life. The next week were given Hills Like White Elephants by (Ernest Hemingway) to give insight into using symbolism and subtexts. This read explained the level of depth that dialogue, subtexts, motifs and symbolism could add to your scene or creative nonfiction story. To really look into the effects of these phrases we reenacted and took notes from the entire short story. It opened our eyes into what context and subtext can offer to the reader when trying to decipher the meaning or objective of a story or scene. We then used the techniques to compose a scene from our present life with dialogue. For the next assignment we had to recreate a scene from our past that had a negative impact on our lives going forward, something we ruminated over. We all listened to a podcast called, What You Don't Know by (Lulu Wang), to prepare us on how to approach this assignment.
Ultimately for some of us this would be the prelude to our first draft for the narrative project. At least for me it was the beginning to finding mine. The week after, we shared the assumed first draft in class to use the criticism from our classmates and Mr. Sabatino to rewrite and expound on the past scene. When reading over the finished product of my newly revised scene I knew that this was going to be my narrative project. You will be able to read and assess this progress from the readings below. My narrative Far Gone.
**insert update about revising my story in draft number two, and include a hyper link to blog post #9.
When starting this process and having the concept of a narrative project explained to me, I was worried out of my mind because writing was my kryptonite. I could barely put together a sentence without making it too basic or using too much street lingo. Little did I know that I was in for a whole new world when the class started to dig in on how to become a proper writer. The first pieces of literature that were introduced to us was, What is Creative Nonfiction? by (Lee Gutkind) and Making Scenes in Memoir by (Lee Martin). The first was to help us get a better understanding of what it meant to use and approach creative nonfiction. The other helped us learn how to build a scene and the importance of what a scene can add in writing as well as a build a connection between us, the authors and the audience.
The result would be the first blog assignment, us writing out a present scene from our life. The next week were given Hills Like White Elephants by (Ernest Hemingway) to give insight into using symbolism and subtexts. This read explained the level of depth that dialogue, subtexts, motifs and symbolism could add to your scene or creative nonfiction story. To really look into the effects of these phrases we reenacted and took notes from the entire short story. It opened our eyes into what context and subtext can offer to the reader when trying to decipher the meaning or objective of a story or scene. We then used the techniques to compose a scene from our present life with dialogue. For the next assignment we had to recreate a scene from our past that had a negative impact on our lives going forward, something we ruminated over. We all listened to a podcast called, What You Don't Know by (Lulu Wang), to prepare us on how to approach this assignment.
Ultimately for some of us this would be the prelude to our first draft for the narrative project. At least for me it was the beginning to finding mine. The week after, we shared the assumed first draft in class to use the criticism from our classmates and Mr. Sabatino to rewrite and expound on the past scene. When reading over the finished product of my newly revised scene I knew that this was going to be my narrative project. You will be able to read and assess this progress from the readings below. My narrative Far Gone.
**insert update about revising my story in draft number two, and include a hyper link to blog post #9.