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Allison WyssThis class goes deep into perspective, 1st/2nd/3rd person singular & plural POV, filtering through personality, sensibility, reliability, secrets & mystery, omniscience, tense, narrative distance, zooming, curation of artifacts, narrative strategy, & a few stranger options.<a href="https://loft.org/classes/narration-finding-right-voice" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://loft.org/classes/narration-finding-right-voice</a><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingConversations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingConversations</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingClass</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/POV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#POV</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Perspective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Perspective</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Narration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Narration</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Narrative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Narrative</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Sensibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sensibility</a>

Allison WyssHere's another creepy fairy tale I wrote:<a href="https://bit.ly/3DzyPJi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3DzyPJi</a><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingConversations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingConversations</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/FairyTale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FairyTale</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/FlashFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlashFiction</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ShortStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShortStory</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Creepy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Creepy</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/SpinningWheel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpinningWheel</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Doll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Doll</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Snow</a>

Allison WyssOK I'm looking to change up some readings for my course on intimacy and conflict--the theory being they can both be tools to make scenes dynamic. I've got plenty of non-conflict examples, but I'd like one really great physical action full-on conflict scene. Like a fistfight or something. Bodies in motion & swinging at each other & the outcome of the fight really has consequences. What are your favorites?<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingConversations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingConversations</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/FightScene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FightScene</a>

Allison WyssHere's my little witch story. (I love a journal that releases on the solstice.)<a href="https://bit.ly/WitchandSpaceship" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/WitchandSpaceship</a><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Witch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Witch</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/fairytale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fairytale</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/FlashFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlashFiction</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingConversations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingConversations</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MoonParkReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MoonParkReview</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/SpecFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpecFiction</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spiders</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Solstice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Solstice</a>

Allison WyssLit!Commons--the new thing I'm doing--is live!It's a virtual space for writers, featuring short, asynchronous classes about craft, creative process, & publishing. It's also a place for connection & community & conversations. And every week, there will be 10 live zoom sessions that you can drop into to talk about writing. (Like we do here--but with voices too.)<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingConversations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingConversations</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmWriting</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingCraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCraft</a><a href="https://bit.ly/LitCommonsAW" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/LitCommonsAW</a>

Allison WyssOK. I wrote a thing a while back about fairytale retellings (and more things about retellings, even further back) but it was an a platform that I wasn't proud of. It's moved to a new place if anyone is interested. (And more things from the new place are coming soon.)<a href="https://bit.ly/3OMOF5H" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3OMOF5H</a><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingConversations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingConversations</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/fairytale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fairytale</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/retellings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retellings</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/multiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#multiverse</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a>

Allison WyssThis is actually how I talk about subtext more generally, as an allusion to an outside story that you hope the reader knows. The story might be formally a story, or it might be a cultural story or assumption about how the world works. <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingConversations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingConversations</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/subtext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#subtext</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Retellings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Retellings</a>

Allison WyssAnd of course it's how tropes work too. Except the specifics are perhaps removed? I'm not sure. Is there an "original" when we talk about tropes? Or is there sort of a blank form?(And of course there _was_ a first, but it's not necessarily true that the reader remembers the first, or any specific example, so much as the form itself.)<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingConversations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingConversations</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/retellings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retellings</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/tropes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tropes</a>

Allison WyssSo, at the simplest level, this is subtext. The subtext of a retelling is the original story. <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingConversations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingConversations</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/subtext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#subtext</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Retellings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Retellings</a>

Allison WyssIt's such an example of how the reader contributes to the experience of the story. The writer trusts that they know the earlier version. If they don't--if the writer doesn't expect the to--then it's a completely different thing. Then it's stealing a story! But in a retelling, the writer _wants_ the reader to know the old form and to make a messy mix of the two.<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingConversations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingConversations</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Retellings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Retellings</a>

Allison WyssSo! I was on (the amazing) Story Hour and I read two retellings AND Daniel Marcus read a retelling of something else (it was so good!), and that makes me want to talk about retellings more generally.There's this depth that is created when the reader layers the older version with the new one. I think it makes a brain explosion. (I also think about the multiverse.)How do you use this in your writing?<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingConversations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingConversations</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/StoryHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StoryHour</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Retellings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Retellings</a> <a href="https://bit.ly/48hCKUj" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/48hCKUj</a>

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