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In the previous post Claire talks about happy. I want to talk about fun, something that perplexes...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Jahn-Clough | Jun 29, 2011 | All, Faculty Voices | 6
In the previous post Claire talks about happy. I want to talk about fun, something that perplexes...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Jahn-Clough | May 15, 2011 | All | 2
Words turn into sentences, sentences into paragraphs, and eventually the logical structure of a story appears. But when does it stop? On the last day of a novel class I’ve been teaching a student asked, “How do we know we’ve...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Jahn-Clough | Apr 26, 2011 | All, Faculty Voices | 5
In 1961 Maurice Sendak painted a mural on the nursery wall for personal friends in Manhattan. This...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Jahn-Clough | Apr 14, 2011 | All, Faculty Voices | 2
I am enthralled with the early twentieth century cartoonist and animator, Winsor McCay, especially...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Jahn-Clough | Mar 30, 2011 | All | 1
Every sound in a scene adds to the story. Sounds create setting, mood, character, and can provide tension. Like endowed objects, there can be endowed sounds—a sound that means more than merely what it sounds like. Keep a list of...
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