Week Six: Scene Performance.
Whether you are rewriting a novel or a filmscript, scene performance brings your work into the world. When you watch your scene being read, you learn big lessons about timing, compression, pacing, waste, laughs, moans, chills, and momentary glory.
Week Five: Style, Archetype, Symbol.
Style comes from word-choice: strong verbs and concrete nouns. Archetypes link your characters to their mythic ancestors. Symbols come from concrete nouns canonized by repetition, need, emotion, sweat, and careful placement.
To follow the course, Rewriting 101, Spring 2011, which you can duplicate for your own story, at your own pace, try running the sequence from beginning to end, one entry a day, week by week. If you find the process useful, drop us a comment. Good luck, good writing.
Read MoreIn the Spring of 2011, Bob taught a course on Rewriting at Hugo House in Seattle. Bob decided to keep a log to track the course and to monitor writers’ progress through their rewriting.
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