Hi gaiz!! Ignore the title of this post--it's a random expression I used on a friend to tell her that I was going to be flying in an airplane =D
So, I'm going to be up in the clouds and over the rainbow for the next couple of days. I don't know if I'm going to have wi-fi over the rainbow--I shall have to ask the leprechauns when I get there--which really stinks, because I'm planning to do a good deal of writing and wanted to post it for you to see -_-
Right now, I don't have much to post--in fact, I don't have anything to post--so you might be swamped with stuffz when I slide back down the rainbow to my little town.
I'll miss all of you if the leprachauns hide their pot of wi-fi!
Elisabeth
Friday, May 27, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
An Apology
Hi, everyone! No worries--this is not a "I'm closing down my blog after it just started" post or a "I said something that shouldn't have been said" post (though if that is the case, please inform me before you get another apology post). I just wanted to say sorry for not posting in a while.
My reason?
Yes.
I have a reason.
Not a good one, but it's a reason =P
The reason (and a little non-webz update): I got a job, and have been reallllllly tired for the past couple of days due to the learning curve I'm expected to climb. Yes. So that's my reason.
As far as writing goes....
My reason?
Yes.
I have a reason.
Not a good one, but it's a reason =P
The reason (and a little non-webz update): I got a job, and have been reallllllly tired for the past couple of days due to the learning curve I'm expected to climb. Yes. So that's my reason.
As far as writing goes....
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
The World Through a Different Lense
Hey, guys! Hope this post finds you well =)
Today I did an exercise which I knew existed, but which I had never really tried. And. I. LOVED it. The exercise was simply rewriting a scene or a very short story in a different POV. I, personally, need to be moved very deeply by literature which I remember for years to come. I found a brilliant scene in an college literature anthology called Images of the Holocaust by Jean Brown, Elaine Stephens, and Janet Rubin. If you're interested in that particular period of history, I HIGHLY recommend this book.
Anyway.
The scene was from ANOTHER book called Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust by Yaffa Eliach, who survived the Holocaust herself. It's very short and in 3rd person limited. After reading it about 10 times and really liking it, I decided to try this POV exercise out and switch it from 3rd limited to 1st. I think it turned out rather well =)
I'm not going to post it on here--firstly because the original story is SO much better, and secondly because the story doesn't belong to me. If you want to read it, I think you all have my email address. I suggest trying out this exercise on one of your favorite scenes from one of your favorite books, or even from a scene in your own novel. It's really cool how different POVs affect how you explain things and how you describe situations.
Hope you have fun with this one!
~Elisabeth
Today I did an exercise which I knew existed, but which I had never really tried. And. I. LOVED it. The exercise was simply rewriting a scene or a very short story in a different POV. I, personally, need to be moved very deeply by literature which I remember for years to come. I found a brilliant scene in an college literature anthology called Images of the Holocaust by Jean Brown, Elaine Stephens, and Janet Rubin. If you're interested in that particular period of history, I HIGHLY recommend this book.
Anyway.
The scene was from ANOTHER book called Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust by Yaffa Eliach, who survived the Holocaust herself. It's very short and in 3rd person limited. After reading it about 10 times and really liking it, I decided to try this POV exercise out and switch it from 3rd limited to 1st. I think it turned out rather well =)
I'm not going to post it on here--firstly because the original story is SO much better, and secondly because the story doesn't belong to me. If you want to read it, I think you all have my email address. I suggest trying out this exercise on one of your favorite scenes from one of your favorite books, or even from a scene in your own novel. It's really cool how different POVs affect how you explain things and how you describe situations.
Hope you have fun with this one!
~Elisabeth
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