Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Writing From Photographs (Part II)

After you have finished the descriptive writing piece, based on the photograph you selected, complete the following (part II) exercise based on the same photograph:

Now that you have described the composition of the photograph in detail, using the five senses and imagery, I would like you to tell a story based on the elements of the photograph. You can think in terms of a movie. For instance, if this photograph was representative of a scene, what might have happened just before it was frozen? And what might happen if the photograph were put back into motion?

Or in other words:

"What happened before the frozen photo, and what is going to happen after you press play?"

Overall, it is your job to create a story that is representative of the photo by filling in the gaps, using plenty of detail from your descriptive piece.

Include this short story in the same post as your descriptive piece, and use the title:
Photo Narrative as the heading for your story. This narrative piece should also be between 200 and 500 words.

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