Tag: Bekah
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A New Time
I guess it was 2018, maybe 2017, but that doesn’t sound right. I had been up all night writing. Going around the Horn is what we used to call it. I would get up, eat, write, take the kids to martial arts, come home, cook dinner, go downstairs for a second shift, usually a writers…
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Write Like a Gangster, Class 17: Character
Hey, ho, let’s go! Reading Assignment for this class: “The Beginning of My Life” and “The Coming of Shadow” chapters from Teardrop Road, and the novella Seeds of Tarako. Writing Assignment for this class: The assignment from Class 14 is due today. Send it to jesseteller (at) yahoo (dot) com. Remember to rate and review…
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Write Like a Gangster, Class 14: Character Creation
Hey, ho, let’s go! Reading Assignment for this class: “Strong Urge to Fly” chapter from Teardrop Road We’re gonna talk about character creation today. I had you read “Strong Urge to Fly.” It’s a story of when Smear Lord of Ire was created. The one that, in my mind, we call Artist. I remember earlier…
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Write Like a Gangster, Class 11: Deadlines
Hey, ho, let’s go! Reading Assignment for this class: “The Four Queens” chapter from Teardrop Road Writing Assignment for this class: The assignment from Class 9 is due today. Send it to jesseteller (at) yahoo (dot) com. Remember to rate and review your performance at the bottom of the assignment. I told you to read…
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Write Like a Gangster, Class 9: Purpose
Hey, ho, let’s go! Reading Assignment for this class: “The Beginning of My Life” and “Family” chapters from Teardrop Road Why are we telling this story?Who are we talking to?What are we trying to change?WHAT ARE WE SAYING? We are not telling stories This entire video is theatrics. And if you listen to the music,…
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Write Like a Gangster, Class 8: Revision
Hey, ho, let’s go! Reading Assignment for this class: “The Tome” chapter from Teardrop Road Writing Assignment for this class: The assignment from Class 5 is due today. Send it to jesseteller (at) yahoo (dot) com. Remember to rate and review your performance at the bottom of the assignment. Digging a Grave I’m not gonna…
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Write Like a Gangster, Class 3: Point of View
Hey, ho, let’s go! Reading Assignment for this class: “The Prince of Darkness” chapter from Teardrop Road. Class Storytelling Imagine you’re writing the story of this class, and you are telling the story from your point of view, my Grad Student’s point of view, or my point of view. Your Point of View As a student,…
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My Apocrypha 24: Jackie
It started in Uncle Savior’s garage, I guess. He showed me his project car. It was a Nova, and we were off. I remember mentioning it to a guy who, in this series, I have called Nova. Then Trashy. She is watching me and Bekah get together one night, when Bekah has drank too much…
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My Apocrypha 21: Ziti
Well, I guess it started with a sandwich and a book. Book first, or sandwich? Well, I got ten votes for sandwich, so here we go. It was after a horrific session of therapy. Bekah picked me up, tried to talk to me for a while, and I just stared out the window and watched…
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My Apocrypha 20: Good Church Boy
“I just got off the phone,” Bekah said over the line. She sounded scared. She sounded stuck. “Well, I just got off the phone with mom and she…” Bekah cursed. “I can’t believe she did this to me.” “Bekah, slow down. What’s going on?” Siren looked at me from across the room. “We have plans…
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