10-15 Minutes:
TASK #1:
Today, please take a look at Stephen King's official website. You can find information about the author and his books here. One of the professional duties of authors is to have a website or presence online. This may include blogs, but a website is often a requirement for any author or writer. Please read the following article and in the COMMENT section of this blog post, please identify one bit of advice that you found important or helpful to a young author in regards to marketing his/her work.
TASK #2:
Please take the next 15 minutes (or start when you have completed TASK #1 today) and continue writing and working on your horror story draft. These drafts are due by next class.
Keep in mind that your draft should include suspense, tone, and sustain an effective horror/suspenseful mood for the reader.
Again, some ways to create suspense include:
Let's stop writing and begin to watch Misery, one of Stephen King's favorite novels that he wrote. He mentions Misery in the first section of his memoir. Details about the film are here:
Misery (1990) was directed by Rob Reiner. William Goldman (the author who wrote The Princess Bride) wrote the screenplay based on Stephen King's novel. As we view the film, please note how the filmmaker, writer, and cinematographer create and sustain suspense in the film.
Paul Sheldon (the protagonist) is played by James Caan.
Annie Wilkes (the antagonist) is played by Kathy Bates.
More cast/crew information about the film can be found at IMDB.com at this link.
HOMEWORK: Continue to work on and complete a draft of your horror story. We will finish our screening of Misery on Wednesday.
TASK #1:
Today, please take a look at Stephen King's official website. You can find information about the author and his books here. One of the professional duties of authors is to have a website or presence online. This may include blogs, but a website is often a requirement for any author or writer. Please read the following article and in the COMMENT section of this blog post, please identify one bit of advice that you found important or helpful to a young author in regards to marketing his/her work.
TASK #2:
Please take the next 15 minutes (or start when you have completed TASK #1 today) and continue writing and working on your horror story draft. These drafts are due by next class.
Keep in mind that your draft should include suspense, tone, and sustain an effective horror/suspenseful mood for the reader.
Again, some ways to create suspense include:
- Show (describe) the danger or threat
- Hint at possibilities through your diction (careful word choice) and imagery
- Delay gratification by keeping your reader guessing as to what will happen next
- Use description as a way to break up or slow down the resolution of events
- Use dialogue as a way to break up or distract characters from the resolution of events
- Cut to a different scene--use white space to transition from one scene to another
- Cut to the POV of a different character--this is called parallel action
- Stop the scene before you resolve it--this is often called a cliffhanger
Let's stop writing and begin to watch Misery, one of Stephen King's favorite novels that he wrote. He mentions Misery in the first section of his memoir. Details about the film are here:
Misery (1990) was directed by Rob Reiner. William Goldman (the author who wrote The Princess Bride) wrote the screenplay based on Stephen King's novel. As we view the film, please note how the filmmaker, writer, and cinematographer create and sustain suspense in the film.
Paul Sheldon (the protagonist) is played by James Caan.
Annie Wilkes (the antagonist) is played by Kathy Bates.
More cast/crew information about the film can be found at IMDB.com at this link.
HOMEWORK: Continue to work on and complete a draft of your horror story. We will finish our screening of Misery on Wednesday.
12 comments:
"Ensure it’s responsive so that it works on all screen sizes and browsers." I actually think that this is very important to double check, because back when I ran an old YouTube Channel, my channel banner couldn't be viewed correctly on mobile devices. The same could probably go the same for a blog or website, and since so many people are using cell phones, it is very important to make sure that everything works correctly across all devices.
I think a great piece of advice the article would be that Social Media isn't everything. It's a small part of the great wide web and you need a stronger base of operations than Facebook or Twitter (or Tumblr, or Instagram, etc).
~Pia N
You can have social media to promote your work, but a website should always be your base and a reflection of yourself.
They mentioned that your website is the central area of your online presence. It is a marketing tool to bring new readers in, and if you have a good social media presence gives you a good standing professional. Websites increase trust and give important information. Mentioning your books and talking about what you do could give people a reason to look into it. If your website is designed poorly it won't make people feel positive and you might look sloppy.
From this article, I learned that creating a website is useful because you can show off your work. You also have full control over your website and you don't have to compete with other people on that specific website. I think this is a good idea.
-Ariel Haak
TheSmartOldenTortoise is David Sweeney
"They don’t question why certain things are where they are, or why important pieces of information seem to be missing. The average person may not even notice if a website is well-designed, but you bet they’ll notice if it’s poorly designed." This shows that you need to be really careful of the way you set things up.
-Aryonna C.
In this digital age, you don't exist unless you can be found online, and you want to be sure that when people do find you online they see what you want them too. This is why as a writer it is essential to make your website. You can control your image. That said, your website needs a good design. The thing I gained from this article is that your website style should reflect your books.
A great piece of advice is that maintaining your blog is important because it solidify's your brand and helps your readers be satiated in between your major works and stuff.
Having a website gives you more of a professional look, it makes people feel like they're able to trust you and your work.
"Lets you shine" I feel like this part of the article was important because in order to get anywhere as a writer, people have to know who you are. Being able to openly express yourself and have a chance for someone, perhaps a publisher, read your work, it could lead you down a path of success.
Giovanni Torres
I found the author mentioning that a social media presence is important when promoting your writing, a website not being the only thing necessary.
- Andrew Silas
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