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CASTOR. A Town Built on Stories, History, and the Undeniable, Elusive Truth. Rachel Santee. Starting Out. Modernity: The Emergence of Catharsis Creative Writing Inspirational Films and Written Works. Goals. To write a full-length piece To better understand the art of storytelling
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CASTOR A Town Built on Stories, History, and the Undeniable, Elusive Truth Rachel Santee
Starting Out • Modernity: The Emergence of Catharsis • Creative Writing • Inspirational Films and Written Works
Goals • To write a full-length piece • To better understand the art of storytelling • To work in historical aspects
Process • Brainstorming: • Novel? • Short story trilogy? • 50 short stories? • 100 short stories? • Story Schedule
My Project • A series of 75 short anecdotal stories that range from 1-4 pages in length. • Each story based off of a vintage photograph • Although separate stories, they all come together to tell one entire story • A southern town over the course of the past century
Product • Why “Castor”, Mississippi?
Product • Why “Castor”, Mississippi? • Why use pictures?
Product • Why “Castor”, Mississippi? • Why use pictures? • Why the South?
Process • Editing and Formatting
Challenges • Reading… and not reading. • Writing… and not writing. • Repetition of stories • Foard’s amazing ability to lose photos • The looming idea of editing • The P word
Discoveries • Novels are not the only way to tell a story • Storytelling is innate part of being human • I can in fact write and (self)publish a book • I do not want to live in the South • I do not want to pursue creative writing in college
The Aftermath • Microsoft Word and I still are not on speaking terms. • Foard is still recovering from my wrath when he lost photos • I have not been able to enjoy a good piece of fiction without critiquing every sentence and picturing how I would have written it. • After being published online as well in print, Castor has now been downloaded by over 400 people.
Acknowledgements • The Academy • Mark Foard • My Family • WilWeiss • Matt Aldredge • Everyone who unknowingly supplied me with names (probably you) • Dale Scott • Ross School
CASTOR A Town Built on Stories, History, and the Undeniable, Elusive Truth Rachel Santee