[stylist] Telephone Gathering- handling September's topic

[Ashley Bramlett]

Memoir writing is an excellent topic; hope I can make it.
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> 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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> Behalf Of Robert Leslie Newman
> 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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