SESSION EIGHT – 06 May 2020 - Wycombe Sound Writing
Clinic
Topic – Show and Tell, using descriptive passages and
dialogue to achieve it.
REFERENCED ITEMS:
As part of today’s episode I used an extract from Margaret
Atwood’s short story Alphinland which appears in her collection of short
stories called Stone Mattress. It
was read by Lorraine Forrest-Turner, a talented writer and communications
trainer and blogger. See her website.
The freezing rain sifts down, handfuls of shining rice
thrown by some unseen celebrant. Wherever it hits, it crystalizes into a
granulated coating of ice. Under the streetlights it looks so beautiful: like
fairy silver thinks Constance. But then, she would think that; she’s far too
prone to enchantment. The beauty is an illusion, and also a warning: there’s a
dark side to beauty, as with poisonous butterflies. She ought to be considering
the dangers, the hazards, the grief this ice storm is going to bring to many;
is already bringing, according to the television news.
This example was used to demonstrate the use of show in
descriptive writing.
LINKS
To hear this session again or to begin listening from day
one, go to the writers’ clinic
For Wycombe Sound Short Story Week - (Short stories
created by students from the Wycombe Sound Writing Workshop.) go to Wycombeshorts.
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