Though some stories and novels are based on unrelated episodes (Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote), known as the “episodic story” or the “picaresque”, and some have a purpose to reveal what life is like for the protagonist without the use of a rising action/rising emotion sense of plot (Flaubert: “A Simple Heart”), known as the “slice of life” story (from the French, tranche de vie), most are traditionally plotted. Here’s a guide to plot for narrative writers.
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…in which some of my published writing is presented
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A Generative Poetry Exercise from Kenneth Koch
Generative Exercises allow creative writers to think outside our normal default modes of creation. Often, the poems created during exercises are stronger than ones created with no prompt.
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Announcement: New Pubs, Performance
So pleased to announce these things that have happened just in the past week:
- Community is publishing my poem “Between Two Nothings”
- I’ve been asked to be the featured poet next November 12 for the Flying Out Loud reading series, and given the opportunity to invite 3 or 4 of my students to read poetry as well.
- Just learned my poem “Three Apologies” will be in the forthcoming issue of Gyroscope Literary Review.
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Slideshow from KY Homefront Show
Here’s a slideshow of me reading my story “Belonging” on the Kentucky Homefront radio show taped 2 April 2017 in front of a live audience. It will be broadcast on WFPL, Louisville some time in 2017.
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I’ll be appearing as a featured storyteller on Kentucky Homefront radio show – tickets available
I’m excited to be the featured story teller on the Kentucky Homefront Radio Show, which will be recorded live in Louisville, KY on Sunday, April 2, 2017. Two shows will be taped that night. My friend and talented writer Bob Sachs will also be a featured storyteller. I’ll be performing during the second show.
The first show will be a tribute to Bob Dylan, and the second, to Leonard Cohen, two great songwriter/poets we lost recently.
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Free Workshop on Black-Out/Erasure Poetry + Art
If you’re in the area – The Clarksville Public Library asked me to give a workshop on Black-Out Poetry + Art – It’ll be ton’s of fun. Don’t forget to register online (see link).
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Join IUS Senior Lecturer in English Michael Jackman as he shares his expertise in Black Out or Erasure poetry, which is a form of found poetry that is created by erasing words from an existing text and creating a poem. This can be achieved by simply marking through lines of text or by creating artwork around the text you wish to keep to create your poem. Mr. Jackman will teach what we need to know to create a poem and you create the art around it.
The event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Visit jefflibrary.org, Events Calendar for more information.
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Found on MixCloud – Subterranean Phrases Spoken Word & Music Improv
Okay, so this is pretty neat. I was searching the Web for info for my annual report at IU Southeast (performances, press, and such), and found a podcast of a poetry spoken word and music improv performance I did in October, 2013, for the Subterranean Phrases series at the Decca Restaurant in Louisville, KY.
9 October 2013: Poet Michael Jackman with Ryan McCaslin, trumpet and Matt Taylor, keys.
