[stylist] Telephone Gathering- handling September's topic

[Robert Leslie Newman]

My, I didn't see that STYLIST was in one of the fields for sending --- but
that's okay --- so hey, anyone else out here have thoughts? And mainly I'm
still thinking that we need to narrow down the topic to one thing or no more
than two things (in case we polish off the first one in quick time.) 

What might the second topic be? The choices are- non-fiction, memoir and
essay-

Reading a couple of paragraphs that focus on style and voice and that we
discuss nonfiction pieces that use particular styles and voices.  

We could also discuss various forms of memoir writing -- books, essays,
journals, and so on.  

And forms of the essay?  Spiral, Linear, and disjointed. 

 


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From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
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Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 3:25 PM
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Cc: 'loristay'
Subject: [stylist] Telephone Gathering- handling September's topic

Bridget, Lori and Priscilla 

Do the 3 of you plan to be at this month's Telephone Gathering? Hope so, we
will need some guidance And part of me is thinking --- Priscilla, I bet you
didn't expect me to send out all the suggestions that you had proposed? I
knew it would or could be too much for one session. So How about us zeroing
in on non-fiction writing. After all, we've just opened up a new category in
our writing contest for NF. Would this narrowed down, single topic be
enough? (Did you all wish to tackle the entire range of topics that was
originally posted?)

And if we do the NF, could we get some samples? Who could read them? (If one
is found that is recorded, like part of a talking book, it could be used by
simply holding the phone up to the speaker and allowing us to tell you when
the sound was right.) 

What do you all think?



-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Bridgit Pollpeter
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 1:49 PM
To: stylist at nfbnet.org
Subject: [stylist] Monthly phone topic

Since Priscilla is an instructor, could she explain these styles and
provide examples?

I, too, can try to find specific examples of published authors that
display certain styles, but she may have ideas already.

There are a lot of ways in which to structure non-fiction, just like
fiction.  Not all narratives are told in a linear fashion meaning they
do not begin at point A and move in succession from B to C.  Rather they
begin at point C and switch around.

Creative non-fiction is a great outlet that allows writers to explore
and experiment with form and style.

I think it would be best to look at examples of published writers and
discuss the style as well as what we like and don't like about certain
pieces.  Just my thought.

Bridgit



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