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VIDEO 1 INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME TO PLAYTIME!
What is a short story? How to gather story ideas of different types. How to recognize stories you'll care about enough to write, finish, revise, and publish.
VIDEO 2 FIRST SOURCE OF IDEAS AN EASY WAY TO FILL THE WELL OF YOUR IMAGINATION
and spark new ideas using memoir and autofiction. Two different approaches - which one suits you best? Art should serve the artist. How to use rites of passage to inspire a story. Your first exercise.
VIDEO 3 SECOND SOURCE OF IDEAS ELEMENTS OF FAVORITE BOOKS, TV, OR FILMS THAT MOVE YOU. YOUR KID LIST AND YOUR SKID LIST.
How to create your own unique author thumbprint. Your second exercise.
VIDEO 4 THIRD SOURCE OF IDEAS STORIES FROM LIFE.
Stories are all around you but which ones touch your heart? Why? Discover how to identify which element of the story has affected you (it's more complicated than we might think) so you can use it to create a story that matters to you. This is key to finishing, revising, and (if you want) submitting it for publication.
VIDEO 5 CONGRATULATIONS!
Now you have multiple story ideas that matter to you.
VIDEO 6 LOVING KINDNESS MEDITATION FOR WRITERS
Start, or increase, the number of words you get on the page. Improve focus, memory, and productivity.
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The Writing Institute, Sarah Lawrence College, NY
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