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Strategies

Strategies for Chapter 1:
The Writer as Artist

• Strategy 1 .......................... Create an Artist’s Image Palette

• Strategy 2 .......................... Explore Images from Films of Best-Selling Novels

• Strategy 3 .......................... Examine the Art of Sue Grafton

• Strategy 4 .......................... Stimulate Images with Derived Poetry

• Strategy 5 .......................... Tour a Writer's Gallery

• Strategy 6 .......................... Copyedit "Gessi the Great"

• Strategy 7 .......................... Paint Models from the Nando Times

Strategies for Chapter 2:
The Artist's Eye

• Strategy   1 ........................ Paint the Personality Behind the Clothes

• Strategy   2 ........................ Create a Shooting Script on Location

• Strategy   3 ........................ Search for Details in Abstract Slides

• Strategy   4 ........................ Focus on Word-Image Senses

• Strategy   5 ........................ Go on a Humor Hunt

• Strategy   6 ........................ Examine the Contents of the Mystery Purse

• Strategy   7 ........................ Breathe Life into Dead Character Descriptors

• Strategy   8 ........................ Paint a Setting with a List

• Strategy   9 ........................ Replicate Olson's Experiment

• Strategy 10 ........................ Locate Humorous Images on the Internet

• Strategy 11 ........................ Tour the Net Museums

Strategies for Chapter 3:
The Artist's Rhythms

• Strategy 1 .......................... Add Grammatical Music to a Sketch

• Strategy 2 .......................... Try a Rhythmic Experiment in Horror

• Strategy 3 .......................... Travel into the Twilight Zone

• Strategy 4 .......................... Revise Your Rhythm

• Strategy 5 .......................... Analyze the Music in "We Are Connectors"

• Strategy 6 .......................... Imitate the Rhythms of Parallel Structure

• Strategy 7 .......................... Create Musical Rhythms with Poetry

• Strategy 8 .......................... Combine Brush Strokes and Parallel Structures

Strategies for Chapter 4:
From Imitation to Creation

• Strategy 1 .......................... Keep a Writer's Sketchbook

• Strategy 2 .......................... Paint from a Family Photo

• Strategy 3 .......................... Try Hamill's Imitation Approach

• Strategy 4 .......................... Imitate Poetic Sentences

• Strategy 5 .......................... Do Your Own Edgar Allan Humpty

• Strategy 6 .......................... Search for a Personal Voice

• Strategy 7 .......................... Read a Scripted Fantasy

• Strategy 8 .......................... Use a Second Structural Palette for Opinions

Strategies for Chapter 5:
The Artist's Special Effects

• Strategy 1 .......................... Play with Fragments and Run-ons

• Strategy 2 .......................... Return to Erasmus

• Strategy 3 .......................... Listen to the Beat of Punctuation

• Strategy 4 .......................... Go Live on Channel Five

• Strategy 5 .......................... Search for Titles in the Amazon

Strategies for Chapter 6:
Toward a Grammar of Passages

• Strategy 1 .......................... Paint Passages from Experiences of Touch

• Strategy 2 .......................... Construct Titles as Thesis Statements

• Strategy 3 .......................... Draw Conclusions from an Ad Campaign

• Strategy 4 .......................... Evaluate Henry's Paper on the Seasons

• Strategy 5 .......................... Solve the Gruesome Charles Benchley Murder

• Strategy 6 .......................... Perform a Magic Trick

• Strategy 7 .......................... Surf with Shaughnessy's Idea

Strategies for Chapter 7:
Story Grammar and Scenes

• Strategy 1 .......................... Paint a Character from Eight Perspectives

• Strategy 2 .......................... Build Visualized Scenes from Urban Myths

• Strategy 3 .......................... Discuss Comic Book Plot Paintings

• Strategy 4 .......................... Write Scenes from Short Story Films

• Strategy 5 .......................... Use Music to Paint Scenes

• Strategy 6 .......................... Build a Bulletin Board Photo Collection

• Strategy 7 .......................... Write a Setting for an Exotic Scene

Strategies for Chapter 8:
Nonfiction Form #5

• Strategy 1 .......................... Stuff a Sack of Shapely Ideas

• Strategy 2 .......................... Run a Magazine Search Competition

• Strategy 3 .......................... Experiment with Forms

• Strategy 4 .......................... Mix Forms with a Multigenre Research Paper

• Strategy 5 .......................... Experiment with Images for Intros

Strategies for Chapter 9:
Systematic Revision

• Strategy 1 .......................... Administer the Grammar Income Test

• Strategy 2 .......................... Punctuate That That Is Is That

• Strategy 3 .......................... Edit the County Line Newsletter

• Strategy 4 .......................... Decode Abstract Statements

• Strategy 5 .......................... Evaluate "Lost" by Ben Dover

• Strategy 6 .......................... Review Writings on the Web

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Quoted Examples

Quoted Examples from Chapter 1:
The Writer as Artist

• Quote 1 .......................... A Catalog of Brush Strokes

• Quote 2 .......................... Cary Cybulski's Use of Brush Strokes

• Quote 3 .......................... Brian Jacques' Images

• Quote 4 .......................... Images of Stephen King and Mark Halprin

• Quote 5 .......................... Michele Leighty's "The Snake"

• Quote 6 .......................... Robert Newton Peck on Show and Tell

• Quote 7 .......................... Adam Porter's Use of Brush Strokes

Quoted Examples from Chapter 2:
The Artist's Eye

• Quote   1 ......................... Specific Images for Humor

• Quote   2 ......................... One Sentence Examples of Specifics in Humor

• Quote   3 ......................... Specific Details in Melody White's Poem

• Quote   4 ......................... Janet Olson's Experiment

• Quote   5 ......................... Two Passages by Lindsay Davis

• Quote   6 ......................... Lists by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Norman Mailer

• Quote   7 ......................... Gary Paulsen's Dialogue Images

• Quote   8 ......................... Chris Hloros on Picasso

• Quote   9 ......................... Sample Similes

• Quote 10 ......................... Mark Twain's Use of Details

• Quote 11 ......................... Random Description

• Quote 12 ......................... Natalie Goldberg's Technique

• Quote 13 ......................... David Halberstam's Use of an Appositive

• Quote 14 ......................... Character Descriptors by Karen Hess

• Quote 15 ......................... Keir Marticke's Revision

Quoted Examples from Chapter 3:
The Artist's Rhythms

• Quote   1 ........................ Rhythms from Charles Kuralt, Carl Sagan, and the Bible

• Quote   2 ........................ Janet Burroway Demonstrates Rhythm in Fiction

• Quote   3 ........................ Leo Buscalia's Use of Repetition

• Quote   4 ........................ Drafts of E. B. White

• Quote   5 ........................ Abraham Lincoln's Structural Repetition

• Quote   6 ........................ Norman Mailer's Boxing Rhythms

• Quote   7 ........................ Peter Benchley, Red Smith, and Robert Newton Peck

• Quote   8 ........................ Periodic Sentences by Students

• Quote   9 ........................ Literal Repetition

• Quote 10 ........................ Gary Provost on the Rhythms of Sentence Length

• Quote 11 ........................ Rhythms with Phrases and Clauses

• Quote 12 ........................ Speech Rhythms of Kennedy, Reagan, and King

• Quote 13 ........................ Students Playing with Rhythms

• Quote 14 ........................ The Twilight Zone Introduction and Ad Imitators

• Quote 15 ........................ Choppy vs. Rhythmic Beats in Verbs, Adjectives, and Adverbs

Quoted Examples from Chapter 4:
From Imitation to Creation

• Quote   1 ........................ Advanced Brush Strokes

• Quote   2 ........................ From Russell Baker's "Little Red Riding Hood"

• Quote   3 ........................ Guidelines by Cassill and D’Angelo

• Quote   4 ........................ The Franklin Approach

• Quote   5 ........................ Variation of Franklin's Approach

• Quote   6 ........................ The Hamill Approach

• Quote   7 ........................ Hemingway Imitations from Harry's Bar

• Quote   8 ........................ An Artist's Structural Palette

• Quote   9 ........................ Plagiarism

• Quote 10 ........................ The Pooh Perplex Approach

• Quote 11 ........................ The Method Writing of Colleen Mariah Rae

• Quote 12 ........................ Read Magazine's Humpty Dumpty

• Quote 13 ........................ Student Structural Palette Samples

• Quote 14 ........................ The Scripted Fantasy of Karen Hess

Quoted Examples from Chapter 5:
The Artist's Special Effects

• Quote   1 ........................ Kevin Anderson's Mood Filtering

• Quote   2 ........................ Dawkins' Punctuation Hierarchy

• Quote   3 ........................ Ken Follett's Selection and Placement

• Quote   4 ........................ Hyperboles from Bob Chieger and Pat Sullivan

• Quote   5 ........................ Intentional Fragments and Run-ons by Professionals

• Quote   6 ........................ Intentional Fragments and Run-ons by Students

• Quote   7 ........................ Four Greek Categories

• Quote   8 ........................ Punctuation Test

• Quote   9 ........................ Scott Rice's Examples

• Quote 10 ........................ Tantalizing Titles by Nancy Kress

Quoted Examples from Chapter 6:
Toward a Grammar of Passages

• Quote   1 ........................ Passage from Judy Blume's Tiger Eyes

• Quote   2 ........................ From Erma Bombeck's Aunt Erma's Cope Book

• Quote   3 ........................ From Ray Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder"

• Quote   4 ........................ From Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

• Quote   5 ........................ Brad Hannah's Coordinate Sequence

• Quote   6 ........................ From John Steinbeck's The Red Pony

• Quote   7 ........................ Emelia Hiltner's Painting of a Scene

• Quote   8 ........................ "My Dog Oreo" by Maria Verderico

• Quote   9 ........................ Meredith Bucur's Passage

• Quote 10 ........................ Lauren Passell's Passage

• Quote 11 ........................ Transitions Embedded in Sentences

• Quote 12 ........................ Transitional Signal Words and Phrases

• Quote 13 ........................ Transitions Crafted as Sequels

Quoted Examples from Chapter 7:
Story Grammar and Scenes

• Quote   1 ........................ Common Plot Patterns

• Quote   2 ........................ From Caleb Carr's The Alienest

• Quote   3 ........................ From Robin Cook's Outbreak

• Quote   4 ........................ The Escape

• Quote   5 ........................ Jeff Jacobstein's "Avenger"

• Quote   6 ........................ Katie Price's "Life at Granny's"

• Quote   7 ........................ Keir Marticke's "Whispered Words before the Dawn"

• Quote   8 ........................ Kristen Parker's "The War"

• Quote   9 ........................ P. D. James on Scenes

• Quote 10 ........................ Freitag's Elements in "The Most Dangerous Game"

• Quote 11 ........................ Methods for Opening Scenes

• Quote 12 ........................ Vacca and Vacca's Elements of Story Grammar

• Quote 13 ........................ Scenes by Alison Searle and Rick Miyajima

Quoted Examples from Chapter 8:
Nonfiction Form #5

• Quote 1 .......................... Russell Baker's From Growing Up

• Quote 2 .......................... Sample Leads

• Quote 3 .......................... Fletcher's Guidelines for Conclusions

• Quote 4 .......................... Three Conclusions Using Fletcher's Principles

• Quote 5 .......................... A Comparison and Contrast by Konrad Lorenz

• Quote 6 .......................... A Nonfiction Model by James Larson

Quoted Examples from Chapter 9:
Systematic Revision

• Quote 1 .......................... Revision Checklist for Basic Brush Strokes

• Quote 2 .......................... Sample Brush Stroke Revisions

• Quote 3 .......................... Richard Lanhan Slices the Lard

• Quote 4 .......................... Philip Broughton's Systematic Buzz Word Projector

• Quote 5 .......................... From Richard Lederer's Anguished English

• Quote 6 .......................... Connors and Lundsford's 20 Most Common Errors

• Quote 7 .......................... Reflecting on the Shape of Content

• Quote 8 .......................... Revision Checklist for Nonfiction Form #5

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