Storytelling Archive | American Studies Blog http://blog.asjournal.org/tag/storytelling/ Tue, 05 Sep 2023 17:08:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 It’s A Wrap: Beginning with Endings http://blog.asjournal.org/its-a-wrap-beginning-with-endings/ Wed, 06 Sep 2023 06:00:53 +0000 http://blog.asjournal.org/?p=6197 At the end of the semester, I always like to include a wrap-up exercise for one final creative writing task: “It’s a Wrap” – which also … Continue reading It’s A Wrap: Beginning with Endings

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No Story, No Life http://blog.asjournal.org/no-story-no-life/ Wed, 21 Jun 2023 06:00:05 +0000 http://blog.asjournal.org/?p=6155 Everything we do begins with a story. Without story, we would perish. We don’t get off that couch and head to the kitchen unless we have … Continue reading No Story, No Life

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Childhood Memories http://blog.asjournal.org/childhood-memories/ Wed, 17 Aug 2022 06:00:31 +0000 http://blog.asjournal.org/?p=5861 Memories are stories we tell ourselves. “When I was younger, I remember how…” We cherry-pick. We have to. Otherwise, we’d remember what we wore and ate … Continue reading Childhood Memories

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All the Stories That We (Were) Told http://blog.asjournal.org/all-the-stories-that-we-were-told/ Wed, 11 May 2022 06:00:55 +0000 http://blog.asjournal.org/?p=5792 Life writing – which includes a wide spectrum of sub-genres such as (auto)biography, memoir, letter, diary, (digital) life stories, and oral histories – has a long … Continue reading All the Stories That We (Were) Told

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Storytelling: Of Geniuses and Maps http://blog.asjournal.org/storytelling-of-geniuses-and-maps/ Wed, 06 Jan 2021 07:00:15 +0000 http://blog.asjournal.org/?p=5223 What makes a piece of fiction successful, apart from a good portion of luck? Well, some writers deem the craft of ‘plotting’ essential for creating fiction … Continue reading Storytelling: Of Geniuses and Maps

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