the short story was associated with the revelation of the closed worlds in a society characterized by alienation. Often, short stories were written in fatalistic or grotesque tones. In the modernistic short story (for example, F. Kafka’s works), chance is fetishized and viewed as the blind...
Over the years thi wurd has put on many ‘Short Story Tribute Nights’ and after a long break the nights return on Friday 5th March, 2021, 7-9pm. Our chosen short story will be Free Love by Ali Smith from the 1995 collection Free Love and Other Stories. How to Take Part Read the ...
Herodotus, the “father of history,” saw himself as a maker and reciter oflogoi(things for telling, tales). His longHistoryis interspersed with such fictionalizeddigressionsas the stories of Polycrates and his emerald ring, of Candaules’ attractive wife, and of Rhampsinitus’s stolen treasure...
Almost all the short stories have been built with teaching morals. This goes a great deal in guiding or values that help in everyday living. Be it a story about being kind, never giving up, or telling the truth, the moral stories leave a mark on every reader, be it an adult or a ...
Today, I’m honored to have one of my stories “The Grand Adventure” featured onMarsha Ingrao’s Always Write blog. “Story Chat” is a place to share our work and hopefully get some tidbits of feedback about what worked and what didn’t. If you have a few minutes to stop by and...
“Please, don’t call me that, it’s been a common misconception ever since a band of fools decided to record what my people have taught, they changed names and interwove their own stories and teachings of a false GOD” Now this, was the straw that broke the camel’s back for me, ...
A Turning of the Earth: John Ford, John Wayne and the Searchers: Directed by Nick Redman. With Patrick Wayne, John Milius, Pippa Scott, Lana Wood. Documentary on the making of The Searchers (1956), starring John Wayne and directed by John Ford, with outt
“Story” by Lydia Davis A woman gets a message from her boyfriend. He’s busy and won’t be coming over, but he’ll call later. She waits for a while, then goes to his place. This story can be read in the preview ofThe Collected Stories of Lydia Davis.(15% in) ...
Edit Budget $250 (estimated) See detailed box office info on IMDbPro Edit Runtime 10minutes Color Color Aspect ratio 16:9 HD Suggest an edit or add missing content Top Gap By what name was Telling Our Stories: One Page at a Time (2017) officially released in Canada in English?
Everyone hates being interrupted when they’re telling compelling stories. Use that to your advantage and don’t stop writing until you’ve finished telling yours. Read your draft. Read your story through once, without changing anything. This will give you a sense of what work it needs going...