Book # 2 ~ One Sentence Stories / An Intriguing New Anthology/ 2018
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- Book Title
- BOOK#2 One-Sentence Stories: Intriguing New Anthology of Stories
- ISBN-10
- 0998548928
- ISBN
- 9780998548920
- Subject Area
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Publication Name
- Book#2 One-Sentence Stories : Intriguing New Anthology of Stories Told in a Single Sentence
- Publisher
- Dumond, Val
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Subject
- Composition & Creative Writing
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.3 in
- Item Weight
- 8 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 162 Pages
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Publisher
Dumond, Val
ISBN-10
0998548928
ISBN-13
9780998548920
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17038435544
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
162 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Book#2 One-Sentence Stories : Intriguing New Anthology of Stories Told in a Single Sentence
Subject
Composition & Creative Writing
Publication Year
2018
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.3 in
Item Weight
8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Compiled by
Dumond, Val
Illustrated
Yes
Synopsis
What the heck, you may ask, is a one-sentence story? A good definition: a story told in a single sentence. It could be a short, very short sentence or it could be a long, very long sentence. For the purpose of this anthology, the specified number of words is between 200 and 2000. "Any sentence can be made longer..." according to Professor Steven Pinker, Ph.D. And that's what started this idea of constructing a long sentence that tells a story. Never mind what Teacher warned about "run-on" sentences! Never mind what writing professors tell you. Just put your pen to paper or fingers to computer and W-R-I-T-E! As for merits? That's up to the writer, anyone who writes - whether writing for business or for telling fictitious stories for fun. We write to inform, question, describe, document (relate what happened), and to express our souls. How do you write? You hear it all the time. "They do it with movies; they do it with television shows; they do it with jazz music; and they even do it on Broadway!" They believe that when the first - the original - presentation is well received, it's time to produce another one. This book is the second presentation of One-Sentence Stories, starring many of the original cast of writers who wrote noticeably longer new stories this time, and also starring many new writers who have added new and exciting stories. The fun doesn't stop! One-sentence story writing originated with a challenge from the noted Dr. Steven Pinker, MIT professor, linguist, and author of such books as The Language Instinct and The Sense of Style. In both books, he cited long sentences in literature with "as many as 340 words," adding "every sentence can be made longer." Well, what writer can ignore such a challenge! That's when the fun began. Writers soon began to come up with their own extraordinary ways of writing a sentence. In this book you'll discover how Benjamin Lukoff uses the International Phonetic Alphabet-derived Lushootseed alphabet to represent native place names. And how holly woodie eschews capital letters and punctuation altogether - and both express intriguing stories. Writers report that this word-doodling has been going on for some time, and whether you call it word-doodling, playing with words, sentence-stretching, or silly sentences, it has its advantages. One of them is reducing stress; who can't use that? Another is re-focusing, as in what to do when a writer hits that well-known writer's block. Still another advantage is emptying the mind of words that have congregated in the head and need expelling. But the fun comes with the realization that you're writing those much-maligned "run-on sentences" that Teacher warned about back in grammar class. Some English teachers are using one-sentence writing to teach ways to use the English language. Now therapists working with patients under mental stress are using the project in a different way. When they encouraged patients to write down their dreams, they discovered the lack of punctuation, which often made clear the brain's confusion. But wait! There's more! Writers can use one-sentence writing to develop an idea into a story, or take apart a story by separating the scenes. Yes, the one-sentence story offers potential to all people who write. Have you ever sat in a dull meeting and wished you were on a beach somewhere? Use your pen (to look as if you're taking notes) and write how you would feel on that beach. You'll walk out of that meeting with your head held high and a good story in your briefcase. It's also good medicine to ease your mind while waiting for a dentist's appointment, or in the midst of a day wrangling children, or anxious over an upcoming exam, or just plain weary of daily problems.... For sheer fun - the run-away-and-forget-daily-woes kind of fun - you won't find an easier activity than word-doodling a one-sentence story. Write it; stow it away in a file; and when the file is full, publish Your Collection of O, BOOK#2 One-Sentence Stories is authored by 44 different, very talented, writers from around the world, some professionals, some new to writing, and some who use writing as part of a normal day at the grindstone, each using this unique format of writing stories in a single sentence, in subjects that include fiction and nonfiction, adventures, extraordinary events, happy and sad, funny and tragic, historic and educational, and a few that are just plain silly, which is what you get when you ask writers to test this style of writing that offers ways to reduce the stress of facing a blank page, the boredom of sitting through a long meetings, or the anxiety of waiting for the dentist, those moments when you need to distract your attention and relax or just plain have fun, and these authors did have fun as they penned 63 different stories for you, in words ranging from 200 to 2000, some of the authors who contributed to Book#1 and some who have just discovered the fun of writing long sentences, such as the one you are now reading, which adds up to 228 words at present and can go even further with the addition of only a couple more words, which we'll use to challenge you to write a story using a single sentence - just in case there is a BOOK#3 because. . ., What the heck, you may ask, is a one-sentence story? A good definition: a story told in a single sentence. It could be a short, very short sentence or it could be a long, very long sentence. For the purpose of this anthology, the specified number of words is between 200 and 2000. "Any sentence can be made longer..." according to Professor Steven Pinker, Ph.D.And that's what started this idea of constructing a long sentence that tells a story. Never mind what Teacher warned about "run-on" sentences Never mind what writing professors tell you. Just put your pen to paper or fingers to computer and W-R-I-T-E As for merits? That's up to the writer, anyone who writes - whether writing for business or for telling fictitious stories for fun. We write to inform, question, describe, document (relate what happened), and to express our souls. How do you write?You hear it all the time. "They do it with movies; they do it with television shows; they do it with jazz music; and they even do it on Broadway " They believe that when the first - the original - presentation is well received, it's time to produce another one. This book is the second presentation of One-Sentence Stories, starring many of the original cast of writers who wrote noticeably longer new stories this time, and also starring many new writers who have added new and exciting stories. The fun doesn't stop One-sentence story writing originated with a challenge from the noted Dr. Steven Pinker, MIT professor, linguist, and author of such books as The Language Instinct and The Sense of Style. In both books, he cited long sentences in literature with "as many as 340 words", adding "every sentence can be made longer". Well, what writer can ignore such a challenge That's when the fun began. Writers soon began to come up with their own extraordinary ways of writing a sentence. In this book you'll discover how Benjamin Lukoff uses the International Phonetic Alphabet-derived Lushootseed alphabet to represent native place names. And how holly woodie eschews capital letters and punctuation altogether - and both express intriguing stories. Writers report that this word-doodling has been going on for some time, and whether you call it word-doodling, playing with words, sentence-stretching, or silly sentences, it has its advantages.One of them is reducing stress; who can't use that? Another is re-focusing, as in what to do when a writer hits that well-known writer's block. Still another advantage is emptying the mind of words that have congregated in the head and need expelling. But the fun comes with the realization that you're writing those much-maligned "run-on sentences" that Teacher warned about back in grammar class. Some English teachers are using one-sentence writing to teach ways to use the English language.Now therapists working with patients under mental stress are using the project in a different way. When they encouraged patients to write down their dreams, they discovered the lack of punctuation, which often made clear the brain's confusion. But wait There's more Writers can use one-sentence writing to develop an idea into a story, or take apart a story by separating the scenes. Yes, the one-sentence story offers potential to all people who write. Have you ever sat in a dull meeting and wished you were on a beach somewhere? Use your pen (to look as if you're taking notes) and write how you would feel on that beach. You'll walk out of that meeting with your head held high and a good story in your briefcase. It's also good medicine to ease your mind while waiting for a dentist's appointment, or in the midst of a day wrangling children, or anxious over an upcoming exam, or just plain weary of daily problems....For sheer fun - the run-away-and-forget-daily-woes kind of fun - you won't find an easier activity than word-doodling a one-sentence story. Write it; stow it away in a file; and when the file is full, publish Your Collection of One-Sentence Stories.
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