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Sestina

(Sestinas are pretty absurd as far as the having tons of rules goes. This is sort of based on that plot outline for a play that I did a while back. Need a title.) The eager wind races over the … Continue reading

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Creative To-Do List

This started as a personal tool for me to lay out what I have ‘on the go’ creatively (aside from the whole productivesmog business which will come into its own because it has to because it’s on a timeline). But … Continue reading

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Descriptive Prose

The edited version of this is dissimilar enough and not necessarily better enough that I’m going to leave both up, I think, you know…for kids. Interested to see which one people like more. The revised one is more purely description, … Continue reading

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Pantoum

More being forced into the forms of poetry. The idea of the pantoum is the repeating lines. Based on the example that the monsieur Donaldson wrote for us the repeated lines don’t have to repeat exactly, so I was a … Continue reading

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dialogue exercise

Jenn – “Shouldn’t Cam be here by now?” Derrick – “I think he’s still tied to a tree in Red Hill Valley— Jenn – “That’s not funny.” Derrick – “Craig was gonna laugh! Whatever. Buzz kill. Jenn – “I better … Continue reading

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Denial

For 4fw3. I hate rhyming. I did this in iambic pentameter even though this particular type of sonnet does not require it. Perhaps I am a madman. It is a Keats sonnet – The rhyme scheme is .a.b.c. ..a.b.d…c.a.b. ..c.d.e. … Continue reading

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Plot Outline

More business for Creative Writing class. This is pretty much based on the play I started writing in the summer. Updated Oct 1. Andre, an old friend, visits Jim, a married Australian office worker. They stay up late over imported … Continue reading

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Gastromod Nanomex GXR775-22

for my Forms of Creative Writing Seminar every week we have to write a short piece and then have it critiqued by the class. Here is the first draft of my first assignment. A postcard story, just like the one … Continue reading

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BUSF#CKER!!!

Here is the first version of a script, roughly as performed in the ComBase on Dec 6, 2005 as my Solo Performance worth 15% of 3XX3: Post-Modern Performance in Action Continue reading

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Short Writing Assignments

Five writing assignments completed for 2nd year Creative Writing class (postcard story, dialogue, characterization, setting, short story outline). Continue reading

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