Week 6

Amie Whittemore

Read for her voice and see if you can identify her unique style. Then, think about what your unique voice sounds like when you write.

Joan Wilking

Read for the framing (story within a story, a bit like bookends). Think about whether this type of structure could work in your own writing and what structure(s) you have noticed in the readings that speak to you. 

Sam Kiss

Read it for the dialogue. Notice how Kiss structures speech: Each new person speaking gets a fresh new line. (I did notice one small error in this line: “Matthew’s wearing a girl color!” Someone says, pointing. The word “someone” should not be capitalized, because even though the quote ends in terminal punctuation, “someone says, pointing” is part of that quote; it’s not a sentence that stands alone.)

Karissa Nevada

Read it for the beginning and ending, especially. It could almost be categorized as a frame narrative, in fact, but I can see why they have it tagged “beginnings and endings.” What about your memoir? Have you thought of how you’ll begin and end it?