What if a story didn’t have to follow a straight line? What if you could write the way your mind actually works—jumping from thought to feeling to memory to sensation? This five-part workshop explores stream of consciousness, one of the most exciting techniques in modern writing, through painting, music, film, and the words of great authors—and through your own pen.
Each module includes background reading, embedded media (paintings, music, film clips), a hands-on writing activity, and notes for teachers and parents. Modules can be used in sequence or independently.
The Modules
- Module One: What If a Story Didn’t Have a Story? — Linear vs. non-linear storytelling
- Module Two: Seeing Without a Story — Art, music, and abstract film
- Module Three: A Microphone in Someone’s Head — What stream of consciousness actually is
- Module Four: The Writers Who Did It — Richardson, Eliot, Woolf, Joyce, Morrison, Beckett
- Module Five: Breaking All the Rules — Finnegans Wake, thunderwords, and the 30-minute workshop