Welcome to our monthly workshops. Most of our workshops are free and some may be offered for a small fee.
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RE: P.S. 4th wall
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posted by Tina
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Definition: The Fourth Wall is a term to describe the invisible wall between the audience and the actors on-stage. This is because in proscenium theaters, the set was usually three walls of a room. The audience was therefore "The Fourth Wall," and ignored by the actors. When an actor or author addresses the audience directly, it is called "Breaking the Fourth Wall."
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RE: What's the hardest part in writing for you?
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posted by Tina
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Lea,
Apparently, it is when you write a character that is not only aware of him/her self within the story, but also in the reader's world. I have a character that speaks directly to the reader at times and that breaks through the forth wall. I googled it after someone on another crit site told me I had broken it too soon in my story.
Tina
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RE: What's the hardest part in writing for you?
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posted by Lea Schizas
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Um...what is breaking the 4th wall? Never heard that before.
I'm so glad I never say I am an 'all knowing' writer. I find there is always something new to learn in the craft of writing and corresponding with writers is just wonderful.
So...what is this 4th wall?
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RE: Water Cooler for Off Topic Discussions
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posted by Tina
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Lea-Sorry I posted the MFA topic in the wrong place:(
Tina
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RE: What's the hardest part in writing for you?
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posted by Tina
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I'll be interested in that workshop:) I have been a from-the-gut writer, which is to say that I have never thought about or or learned any techniques. I just found out what breaking the 4th wall is the other day. It's time to start thinking about structure, mechanics I guess.
Tina
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Hardest part of story
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posted by Cher'ley
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For me it's the ending too. Or at least it is in short stories. I'm not sure on my novel. I'm on chapter 16 right now and it's steadily moving along.
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RE: What's the hardest part in writing for you?
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posted by Lea Schizas
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Tina, one of the upcoming workshops will be Plots and Subplots. But to answer your dilemma: not sure if prologues and epilogues are the right way to go all the time.
What you need to do is figure out your plot- message of your story and the reason your character will be faced with it- now bring up the subplots to correspond with your plot. Too many subplots for some writers is hard to finalize each solution properly so maybe this is one of your areas you need to hone your writing.
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MFA's
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posted by Tina
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Anyone thought about or gone through an MFA program in creative writing? I'm considering doing this and would love to hear what others have experienced or feel about such programs. Thanks in advance for any input I get:)
Tina
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RE: What's the hardest part in writing for you?
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posted by Tina
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Hmm...I have trouble with endings. I get into the story and can't seem to stop. Also, at times I confuse myself by the middle of the story because I have too many sub-plots. I've been told that I don't set my stories up for the reader. I just tend to dive right in. I need to do prologues and epilogues and I think I'll be able to deal with those issues that way.
Tina
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What's the hardest part in writing for you?
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posted by Lea Schizas
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Which of the three do you find the hardest to write?
Beginnings...Middles...Endings?
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Water Cooler for Off Topic Discussions
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posted by Lea Schizas
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Please use this thread to post your off topic but still writing related discussions.
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