Writing Class

[Uesugi Kenshin]

I would be interested in helping out. I am a native English speaker and can help with a lot of grammar type instruction, I don't know how good I would be at teaching anything else, but I would be happy to try. Please pm me.

[The Shadow One]

Everyone:

There appears to be a great deal of interest in participating in this class, from both a teacher and student perspective -- and at the end of the day, are the rolls really all that different?

I look forward to everyone's participation.

I suggest two possible approaches:

1. I can open a series of threads that deal with the fifteen or sixteen topics. Then anyone who wants to contribute an essay to that topic could feel free to do so. We can then sticky the threads here for ease of reference, but that's going to be a lot of stickies.

2. We can open an entirely new forum under Story/PBM called: The Academy or something and sticky the threats there.

3. We can create one thread here, called the Academy or something, and sticky all the treads there (this is my least favorite option because the notes would be ordered according to when they were written and, in time, an index would have to be created).

I am open to suggestions and alternatives. If we decided to open another forum (probably the best solution), I would be willing to moderate. Not a plug for extra work, just volunteering.

[master of the puppets]

i like the second idea best. we could encourage people to write about there experiences in s-m-r-totalwar in a story form as well as give them confidence in there writing.

[Aenarion]

I have to agree that the second one is the best option!:D

[Ludens]

The second option would be the best, but I don't think Tosa will open a new forum unless he is convinced that this is going to last longer than a forthnight. You can always ask him, though.

Should he says no, then the best option would be to start several threads with roughly related subjects. Sixteen threads is rather too much, so I think you would need to merge a couple of related subjects. It would be helpfull if the first two posts of each thread would contain the summary of the entire thread (which means they need to be regularly updated) and if there also was an index/organisation thread.

I am willing to help organise the writing class, should you require my assistance.

[Monk]

Create three threads:

The Art of Storytelling(1)

in which the following topics are covered:

Choosing a topic or why write at all?

Experience and Storytelling -- Writing About What You Know

Conflict

Drama

Theme and Emotion

and

The Mechanics of Storytelling (2)

in which you discuss

Descritptions

Dialog

Character

Narration or Action

The Story Form(3)

in which:

Beginnings

Middles

Endings

Editing

that's my suggestion to keep the thread number to a minimum. If you want my help i'll give it, but only if you need me

[Aenarion]

Wow i like that structure Monk! Great Idea!