![]() Natasha Pulley is the author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street and The Bedlam Stacks. How to use historical language to enrich your work That first idea: begin extrapolating the bones into more complex world-building Ideas for a story are not necessary everyone will most definitely have at least one by the end of this workshop Writers of any skill level and with any amount of experience in the craft In this masterclass with Natasha Pulley, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street and creative writing lecturer, you will be guided through the strategies that work together to create magical realism, from planning the story and right the way through to execution.īlending practical writing exercises with theory and discussion, this masterclass will give you the tools and inspiration to build your ideas into a novel. ![]() ![]() Stephanie's new novel PRETEND PLUMBER is available for order from your favorite bookstore, and her poetry chapbook CITY SLICKER appeared in July 2022.What if there were ghosts who could move through the walls? What if a man were to turn into salt? What if there was a book of real prophecies? These questions form clear starting points and, fundamentally, the bread of the plot – but character, place and where to begin are the meat. She is the author the fabulist novel THE PUPPET TURNERS OF NARROW INTERIOR (Urban Farmhouse Press), a novelette, RESCUE PLAN (Bamboo Dart Press), a prose poem chapbook collection, SEX WITH BUILDINGS (dancing girl press), and a poetry collection, HOW FORMAL (Spout Hill Press). A 7-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize she has published work in Hayden's Ferry, Pearl, CRATE, Rhapsoidia, NYCBigCityLit, the East Jasmine Review, Apeiron, Inlandia, Literary Alchemy and the Bellevue Literary Review among other places. Stephanie Barbé Hammer is a magical realist prose fiction writer, novelist, occasional essayist, and a committed, intermittent poet, as well as a passionate instructor of writing. Want to know more about how to write Magical Realism? Check out my new craft of writing book here: What does the protagonist do/suffer/give up to solve the problem? 5 sentences to a paragraph.What is the straw that breaks the camel’s back with this accommodation? -scene with specific actions and reactions (hint – what NEW people can enter the scene to create a specific embarrassing problem?) – at least one paragraph.Specifics – schedule, diet, change to the décor.How do roommates/family/spouse and kids or whoever your other characters are ACCOMMODATE the transformed character? 2 sentences.You can make these sections longer or shorter. Now we’re at a bigger point in the story. Describe reactions that should be both physical AND vocal. Now the boss/supervisor and other 2 characters see character in their transformed state for the first time. Character’s boss/supervisor arrives but they don’t see the character yet either– 2 sentences. Return to describing how character is dealing with getting ready for work in their transformed state – 2-5 sentences Bring in ANOTHER character: roommate’s sibling, lover, or other parent or someone else entirely disconnected who nags character to get ready for work but who doesn’t see them. Use the list of details of your own regimen. Describe how character is doing getting ready for work. Bring in another character: roommate, spouse, lover, parent and have them nag character to get ready and get to work, WITHOUT seeing what they look like. For what pressing practical reasons does character stay in terrible job? 2-5 sentences.Į. Why does character hate their job? – describe in 5 sentences- 1 paragraphĭ. What’s the weather like out? Describe in 3-5 sentences.Ĭ. Describe how the character feels in their (transformed) body. Have character wake up in their transformed state. Here’s how: Follow these directions carefully.Ī. now write a story, where you or a fictional character wakes up, transformed as that animal, but you or your character still has to get ready for work! Choose a job from your list and an animal from your list.ĥ. Name 10 big, small, beautiful, ugly, ridiculous and/or cute animals (real)Ĥ. Name 10 awful awful forms of employment/jobs (real) Name 10 things you have to do when you get up in the morning. Have fun and let me know what you think in the comments. To help you, I’ve skipped alot of spaces between each section so you won’t feel tempted to cheat. Just write each little prompt as it comes up, and then look at the next one. This past weekend, I tried out two new writing exercises. I love working with the writers there and showcasing a kind of writing that is my favorite - magical realism. Internet friends - last weekend I got to teach at the incredible Mount SAC writers weekend in beautiful downtown Walnut California.
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