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How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #35: Lightness (Revisited)

by Stone Soup Editors

Published May 7, 2022

Writing Workshop #63: Character Sketches (Revisited)

by Stone Soup Editors

Published April 30, 2022

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #34: Objects (Revisited)

by Stone Soup Editors

Published April 30, 2022

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #33: How to Outline a Novel

by Stone Soup Editors

Published March 31, 2022

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #32: Katabasis & Anabasis

by Stone Soup Editors

Published March 28, 2022

Writing Workshop #61: Stream-of-Consciousness

by Stone Soup Editors

Published March 19, 2022

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #31: Irony

by Stone Soup Editors

Published March 19, 2022

Writing Workshop #60: Pseudowords

by Stone Soup Editors

Published March 12, 2022

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #30: Character Description

by Stone Soup Editors

Published March 12, 2022

Writing Workshop #59: Rhythm and Cadence

by Stone Soup Editors

Published March 5, 2022

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #35: Lightness (Revisited)

Post Published May 7, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from the thirty-fifth Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday April 30th, plus some of the output published below Lightness is a “lightening of language whereby meaning is conveyed through a verbal texture that seems weightless, until the meaning itself takes on the same rarefied consistency.

Writing Workshop #63: Character Sketches (Revisited)

Post Published April 30, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our sixty-third Writing Workshop A summary of the workshop held on Saturday April 23, plus some of the output published below In this workshop, William practiced the concept of fast sketching characters. Sometimes, less is more when it comes to detail, and a sparse description of a character is really all you need for your character to come to life for the reader.

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #34: Objects (Revisited)

Post Published April 30, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from the thirty-fourth Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday April 23, plus some of the output published below After the success we had discussing objects back in the fall session of 2021, we once again turned our focus to these strange, almost alien things. And yes, objects are strange!

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #33: How to Outline a Novel

Post Published March 31, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from the thirty-third Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday March 26, plus some of the output published below Last week, Conner gave us the choice to select the final topic of the winter session workshops from a number of options, and we chose this: How to Outline a Novel.

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #32: Katabasis & Anabasis

Post Published March 28, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from the thirty-second Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday March 19, plus some of the output published below This week, we turned our focus to two Greek words/themes—katabasis (descent) and anabasis (ascent)—both of which have a long standing tradition in literature.

Writing Workshop #61: Stream-of-Consciousness

Post Published March 19, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our sixty-first Writing Workshop A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, March 12th, plus some of the output published below In this workshop, William went over the concept of Stream of Consciousness. He emphasized the lack of traditional structure in Stream of Consciousness writing, and the wondering and wandering nature of the style.

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #31: Irony

Post Published March 19, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from the thirty-first Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday March 12, plus some of the output published below By popular demand, this week we focused on writing the concept of irony. We began with a few basic definitions of irony: the difference between what something appears to mean versus its literal meaning, the difference between what someo...

Writing Workshop #60: Pseudowords

Post Published March 12, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our sixtieth Writing Workshop A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, March 5th, plus some of the output published below For today’s workshop, William built upon his previous workshop on stream-of-consciousness but taken in a different direction: nonsense words. William challenged the writers to focus on sounds, made-up words, saying the “unsayable.

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #30: Character Description

Post Published March 12, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from the thirtieth Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday March 5, plus some of the output published below We began this week's workshop with an exercise; first, we chose a character from a story or novel we had been writing and then made up a new character in our minds.

Writing Workshop #59: Rhythm and Cadence

Post Published March 5, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our fifty-ninth Writing Workshop A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, February 19th, plus some of the output published below In this workshop, William emphasized the importance of rhythm in pieces of writing. The participants looked at pieces that utilize iambic pantameter and other well-known rhythmic standards.

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