{"id":1140,"date":"2014-09-23T01:45:28","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T08:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=1140"},"modified":"2017-12-23T16:36:49","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T00:36:49","slug":"dreams-vs-reality-writing-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2014\/dreams-vs-reality-writing-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Dreams vs. Reality — Writing workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the spirit of the\u00a0Teen Read Week theme, “Turn Dreams into Reality,” our September writing exploration focused on blurring dreams and reality.<\/p>\n

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Warm up<\/h3>\n

Each teen writer started with a prompt from the Amazing Story Generator. \u00a0A\u00a0flipbook that\u00a0randomly combine three elements to generate story ideas of all types. \u00a0It prompts character, setting, and plot. \u00a0Some examples:<\/p>\n

\"\"\"writing_postits\"<\/a><\/p>\n

After a failed bank heist, and obsessive-compulsive bus driver gets trapped in a parallel universe…<\/p>\n

Suddenly able to hear other’s thoughts, a fallen angel is elected mayor of Chicago…<\/p>\n

A thousand years from now, a clown in training is trapped in an abandoned gold mine…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

…from the Amazing Story Generator<\/a> by Jason Sacher<\/p>\n

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Quick inspiration<\/h3>\n

List the first three thoughts that come to mind for the following prompts:<\/p>\n

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You’ve just witnessed it. The end of the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Upon working for a mad scientist, you realize that you’ve been helping him to create a device that lets you go into other people’s dreams.<\/span><\/p>\n

Imagine that in your dream, you could have a one-on-one meeting with the true inner-you: \u00a0your subconscious.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And we took inspiration from magical realism paintings…<\/h3>\n
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by Paul Bond<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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by Pyke Koch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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by Rob Gonsalves<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Metamorphosis<\/h3>\n

Blurring dreams and reality… Transform your main character into a creature. \u00a0Using all of its characteristics–whether negative or positive, weird or unusual–to describe how your character feels and how others react to him\/her at that moment.<\/p>\n

I scribbled\u00a0this one during the workshop as an example:\"\"<\/p>\n

One morning, Lila found herself transformed into a hyena. \u00a0Her body was small and frail and full of hair in all the wrong places. \u00a0She opened her mouth to scream, but a high-pitched shrill issued. \u00a0‘Do I really sound like that?’ she thought in horror.<\/p>\n

Her ears were perked up, sharp in angels she couldn’t even reach. She was hideous.<\/p>\n

“Mamma,” she cried, yet again in that awful shrill.<\/p>\n

“Lila,” her mother called. “Time for school.”<\/p>\n

“I can’t go in today,” Lila tried to say.<\/p>\n

“You sound awful,” her mother said as she strolled into the room. \u00a0She stopped short, eyes widened.<\/p>\n

“What happened to you? \u00a0My, you look like a grisly hyena.”<\/p>\n

“I do!” Lila cried, and then she started weeping.<\/p>\n

Her mother covered her ears. \u00a0“Oh, do stop, please,” she said. \u00a0“Your screeching is more awful than usual.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

–Jane Gov, librarian<\/p>\n

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For more writing tips, see: \u00a0http:\/\/cityofpasadena.libguides.com\/teenwriter<\/a><\/p>\n

For more writing events, see: \u00a0http:\/\/cityofpasadena.net\/library\/teens\/events_and_programs\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the spirit of the\u00a0Teen Read Week theme, “Turn Dreams into Reality,” our September writing exploration focused on blurring dreams and reality.   Warm up Each teen writer started with a prompt from the Amazing Story Generator. \u00a0A\u00a0flipbook that\u00a0randomly combine three elements to generate story ideas of all types. \u00a0It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion","category-writing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ZwbD-io","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4903,"url":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2018\/dress-codes-for-small-towns-teen-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":1140,"position":0},"title":"Dress Codes for Small Towns — Teen Review","author":"Teen Blogger","date":"November 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"review by\u00a0Aminda Zou, age 14 Dress Codes for Small Towns\u00a0by\u00a0Courtney Stevens \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Courtney Stevens narrates a thrilling story in the novel Dress Codes for Small Towns. 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