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WARM UP. Writers don’t need tricks or gimmicks or even necessarily need to be the smartest fellows on the block. At the risk of appearing foolish, a writer sometimes needs to be able to just stand and gape at this or that thing—a sunset or an old shoe—in absolute and simple amazement.
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WARM UP Writers don’t need tricks or gimmicks or even necessarily need to be the smartest fellows on the block. At the risk of appearing foolish, a writer sometimes needs to be able to just stand and gape at this or that thing—a sunset or an old shoe—in absolute and simple amazement. Raymond Carver
Realism & Symbolism Realism, Exercise One: Point of view = objective; emphasis on observation through senses. Style = Representational = creating illusion of actual life being lived, by reconstructing observed sensory reality. Symbolism, Exercise Two: Point of view = often subjective or internal. Style = Presentational = generalized, symbolic, or personal: vision, intuition, unconscious or subconscious, distortion.
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http://www.mbc.edu/faculty/vfrancisco/IntrotoDrama/RealismandSymbolism.htmhttp://www.mbc.edu/faculty/vfrancisco/IntrotoDrama/RealismandSymbolism.htm Man sitting on chair, from Wet Canvas, by Raphael Perez Desirable Above All Other Fruit, by James C. Christensen New Member New Member