Fair warning I didn’t take this particular class too seriously.īob sat calmly reading a story about a woman in a barn watching a neighbor drive a car by. Here we have the same story told through Character and then via Description.

Good folks, all.Īnyway, I’ll be sharing more of the exercises from the class in this and subsequent posts. Some of the other students are also worth the price of admission, and differently they’re witty, forthcoming, enjoy a good laugh, … I’ve engaged a few of them out of the class. I can’t stop thinking of them as characters – truthfully, more like caricatures – and wonder if their behavior is how they believe auteurs should behave or how they genuinely behave. A few of the students are worth the price of admission. I’ve taken a few courses from this provider since then. I mentioned back in Four pieces for a workshop that I’m taking an online writing course. Toing and Froing Again, Part 1 ended with “My writing speed slows down,” meaning I’ve lost my rhythm, and I pick up from there…Ĭontinue reading “Toing and Froing Again, Part 2” Toing and Froing occurs when the writer/author has their characters move around or do things for no real story purpose there’s no character development, no character revelation, the atmosphere doesn’t change, no plot elements are furthered or revealed, the movement is irrelevant to any established or impending plot points, the movement is unnecessary to the dialogue, et cetera. I’m writing this Toing and Froing arc to teach myself better writing techniques because I Toed and Froed like a marathon runner who’d lost their bearings while writing The Alibi chapter 3 (of my current work in progress which I’ll start posting in August 2022). This is the second post regarding teaching myself to recognize Toing and Froing when I commit it (a most heinous act done by inept writers on hopeless prose, poetry (it’d be tough but I’m sure it can be done), scriptwriting, playwriting, (possibly) non-fiction, creative non-fiction, …).Īnd remember, folks, I’m including myself in the above.

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