Comments on: read write prompt #37: hotel california http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2008/07/23/read-write-prompt-hotel-california/ Mon, 03 May 2010 01:01:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: The Ballad of Janis Joplin « Raven’s Wing Poetry http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2008/07/23/read-write-prompt-hotel-california/comment-page-1/#comment-2148 The Ballad of Janis Joplin « Raven’s Wing Poetry Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:03:03 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=192#comment-2148 [...] is a ballad written for Read Write Poem Prompt #37: Hotel California. Simply, we were to write a ballad. Since I don’t normally write ballads, this was a real [...] [...] is a ballad written for Read Write Poem Prompt #37: Hotel California. Simply, we were to write a ballad. Since I don’t normally write ballads, this was a real [...]

]]> By: odessa http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2008/07/23/read-write-prompt-hotel-california/comment-page-1/#comment-2147 odessa Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:32:04 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=192#comment-2147 i'm with catherine, i'm so narratively challenged as well. thanks for the tip! i'll try my best. i’m with catherine, i’m so narratively challenged as well. thanks for the tip! i’ll try my best.

]]> By: Christine http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2008/07/23/read-write-prompt-hotel-california/comment-page-1/#comment-2144 Christine Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:11:08 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=192#comment-2144 This is fun, I like the idea of writing a rock opera.... This is fun, I like the idea of writing a rock opera….

]]> By: Tom http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2008/07/23/read-write-prompt-hotel-california/comment-page-1/#comment-2141 Tom Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:55:30 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=192#comment-2141 Katherine, just because the ballad tells a story doesn't mean you can't use images and ideas to tell it. Consider in "Hotle California" how many of the scenes are almost vignette-like, strung together not by narrative thread but by metaphor and meaning. Try writing all of your ideas on paper and tearing them into little pieces, then put the pieces in the order you think they should go. A few temporal transitions and you have a narrative thread. But I'm sure some of the other people here would have much more useful ideas too. Good luck, and I look forward to seeing what you come up with. Katherine, just because the ballad tells a story doesn’t mean you can’t use images and ideas to tell it. Consider in “Hotle California” how many of the scenes are almost vignette-like, strung together not by narrative thread but by metaphor and meaning.

Try writing all of your ideas on paper and tearing them into little pieces, then put the pieces in the order you think they should go. A few temporal transitions and you have a narrative thread. But I’m sure some of the other people here would have much more useful ideas too. Good luck, and I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

]]> By: Katherine http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2008/07/23/read-write-prompt-hotel-california/comment-page-1/#comment-2145 Katherine Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:06:33 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=192#comment-2145 Is this the right place to ask for help with the ballad prompt? I am SO narrative challenged! I don't know why, but my creativity just ENDS when it comes to stories. I know that this prompt is going to be good for me, but I'm having a terrible time getting started when I almost always concentrate on images or ideas rather than things that unfold over time. My automatic response is to try and write something silly, which is what I always want to do when I'm afraid of failing miserably. Does anyone have advice for a reluctant storyteller? Is this the right place to ask for help with the ballad prompt? I am SO narrative challenged! I don’t know why, but my creativity just ENDS when it comes to stories. I know that this prompt is going to be good for me, but I’m having a terrible time getting started when I almost always concentrate on images or ideas rather than things that unfold over time. My automatic response is to try and write something silly, which is what I always want to do when I’m afraid of failing miserably.

Does anyone have advice for a reluctant storyteller?

]]> By: The way back… « Words that sing http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2008/07/23/read-write-prompt-hotel-california/comment-page-1/#comment-2146 The way back… « Words that sing Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:36:56 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=192#comment-2146 [...] ballad was written in response to readwritepoem’s recent prompt to write a ballad. In the post they mention the song Hotel California, and reading the lyrics I was [...] [...] ballad was written in response to readwritepoem’s recent prompt to write a ballad. In the post they mention the song Hotel California, and reading the lyrics I was [...]

]]> By: Donald Harbour http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2008/07/23/read-write-prompt-hotel-california/comment-page-1/#comment-2143 Donald Harbour Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:07:26 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=192#comment-2143 What a great prompt! I'll need a jug of Diego Red for this. Tom, you're spending to much time with old records. Get a life! DCH What a great prompt! I’ll need a jug of Diego Red for this. Tom, you’re spending to much time with old records. Get a life!
DCH

]]> By: Brad Frederiksen http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2008/07/23/read-write-prompt-hotel-california/comment-page-1/#comment-2142 Brad Frederiksen Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:53:09 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=192#comment-2142 Oooh! This prompt just made me salivate. Oooh! This prompt just made me salivate.

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