Creative Writing Station Week 4

If your station requires a written response, save your response in a Writer's Notebook or Word file. 
​Do not throw away your responses. They are proof of your effort at this station. 

1st Station Week 4 (View and respond)

Poetry

A meditation on word choice, with the master of fast talking philosophy

We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.

Script

Gotta kill them adverbs!
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It is terribly, incredibly, completely, awfully, woefully, boring to read sentences that have adverb-itis (too many adverbs). 

Stephen King hates adverbs. You should, too. 

Fiction/NF






​<-- What he said.
1st Station Response (Week 4)
This first Creative Writing Station requires a short written response.

Watch the video for your chosen Final Path and respond to it with 3-4 sentences in your daily journal. 

2nd Station Week 4 (Discuss)

The importance of intentional language

Use the three prompts below to discuss during this 15 minute station. 

Poetry

Discussion Prompts:
  1. Explain to your group what the phrase "precise language" means to you.
  2. Find and share an example of precise language in a poem or song you enjoy
  3. ​What does "sloppy writing" look like in your genre of writing?
  4. What are some common cliches in your chosen path?
  5. Discuss: How can you avoid cliches in your own writing?

Script Writing

​Discussion Prompts:
  1. Explain to your group what the phrase "precise language" means to you.
  2. Find and share an example of precise language in a show or movie you enjoy
  3. ​What does "sloppy writing" look like in your genre of writing?
  4. What are some common cliches in your chosen path?
  5. Discuss: How can you avoid cliches in your own writing?

Fiction / NF

Discussion Prompts:
  1. Explain to your group what the phrase "precise language" means to you.
  2. Find and share an example of precise language in a story or novel you enjoy
  3. ​What does "sloppy writing" look like in your genre of writing?
  4. What are some common cliches in your chosen path?
  5. Discuss: How can you avoid cliches in your own writing?

3rd Station Week 4 (View and Practice)
3rd Station Practice Directions (Week 4)

While viewing this video respond to Kurt Vonnegut about writing. 
What is your immediate response to this video?
What tips (if any) are you interested in trying to incorporate in your own writing?