My Notes for the semester so far

Characteristics of Twitter Fiction

·       A story told via a twitter tweet/feed

·       140 characters or less (including spaces)

·       May contain complete or fragmented sentences

·       Acts as a “stand alone” idea, meaning it makes sense by itself, BUT

·       Might be one in a series of tweets telling a story

·       Uses hash tags #twitterfiction #twister #vss  #140novel

VAKS’ing

Visual- words or phrases that appeal to the sense of sight. These words could be describing    color, shape, light and darkness

Auditory- words or phrases that appeal to the sense of sound. Ex: stomp, scrape, static

Kinesthetic- words or phrases that appeal to the sense of touch. Ex: rough, soft, jagged

Smell- words or phrases that appeal to the sense of smell

(T)aste can also be included here as we rarely encounter taste imagery. Remember that like smell imagery, taste imagery definitely can have a positive or negative effect

Notes#2: The rule of So What

·       Good writing of every genre answers the question “So What?”

·       Good writing has a purpose, point, a reason it was written

·       Good writers look for and find the meaning, significance, the implications in the subject he or she has chosen

·       Sometimes the “So What?” is subtle and implicit(hidden) sometimes its explicitly stated(very obvious)

·       As a reader you should be able to answer the question “So What am I supposed to understand or think about?”