The Balancing Stones Sculpture Writing Project

~ FEBRUARY 2017 ~

Good Afternoon all Writers, Authors, Poets, aspiring authors, and those with literary interests participating in Our Balancing Stones Sculpture Writing Project.

We are back!

Here is where we left off -- We all placed the condensed word that we came up with from our individual Research that we did on our personal Stone 1 word on our Balancing Stones Sculpture print-out.  We placed the condensed word on our Stone 4.  I've taken the liberty to number the Stones in my Writing Project results for an example for everyone...

 

 

Next, we left off each doing further Research:

We did Research on the word written on our Stone 4.  For myself it was Research on my Stone 4 word, which is "Novels".  In my case, I was to come back with a short list of three genres that interest me from my Research Studies.

 

For you -- you should now have three areas (of your choice) about the word that you chose for your Stone 4.  You had the option of choosing your Research Studies for your Stone 4.  Remember, you are encouraged to share what you came up with here on the Blog.  (Don't be shy).

 

Here are the three genres that I came up with in relation to my Stone 4:

 

1)  Historical Fiction

2)  Drama

3)  Self Help Journal

 

REVIEW:  The object of this Writing Project is to encourage you to expand your mind with regard to your writing path using your own choices and a little Research -- which will lead you to self-discoveries.

 

Using myself as an example, I started out with my Stone 1 (Novelist).  Which in turn led me to Stone 2 (the year "1728").  The year 1728 is when the word, "Novelist" was first used in the English language.  After further Research on the specific year that my word on Stone 1 was first used, I then added Stone 3 (Opera) because I discovered in the year 1728 a certain Opera entitled, John Gay's, "The Beggar's Opera" first premiered in London.  I found that to be fascinating, primarily because I was not at all thinking in that direction when starting my Research.  Then after doing more Research on the word on my Stone 1, I came up with a condensed word for Stone 4 (Novels).  Novels is what I personally seek to Author.  Naturally, we know that a Novelist is an Author of Novels.  Remember, this is all about your personal writing interest(s). 

Now onward to where we are now:  Your three (3) Research choices?  What did you come up with?  What are the results?

I've listed my three results above -- 3 Genres for Novels:

1)  Historical Fiction

2)  Drama

3)  Self Help Journal

 

Add your Research to your trusty Notebook.  Question for you:  For the three areas that your Research led you to, which is the one that you are most drawn to? 

Your responses will be entirely different from mine.  That is why it would be fun to hear what you came up with, and to see your Balancing Stones Sculpture print-out with your four Stones.  Everyone will not have the same placement or words on their Stones as we continue with our Writing Project.  [If you have missed any of this Writing Project, you can just read the previous Blog posts to catch up].

When we come back, you will have narrowed your three research results down to one (1).  The area you are most drawn to.  Think about it overnight, and we'll all meet back here with our Balancing Stones Sculpture print-out.

 Peace, Love & Light,

René

© Copyright - René Allen - FEBRUARY 2017 - All Rights Reserved

~ The Balancing Stones Sculpture Writing Project ~ FEBRUARY 2017

Good Evening Balancing Stones Sculpture Writing Project participants ~ We are back here again with our next step . . .

Grab your Notebook, your pen, and your print-out of your Balancing Stones Sculpture.  Your print out of the Balancing Stones Sculpture should look like the example above.  Your three stones should have the following:

Stone 1)  Your word that describes the area of writing that captures your soul -- i.e.,  Author, PlayWrite, Script Writer, Poet, Novelist, CopyWriter, Film Writer, Journalist, etc.;

Stone 2)  The year that the word that you chose was first used; and

Stone 3)  The word that you chose from the Research that you conducted on the year that your word was first used.

When we were last here, everyone was working on researching the word that they chose for Stone 3.  The word that I chose was, "Opera".  I chose the word "Opera", because my research was based on the year 1728, and what I found was information on John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera" that first premiered in London on January 29th, 1728.

Whatever word that you chose for your Stone 3 is what we are now focused on.  We did further Research on our word choice.  What I found in my research was a photograph of the Opera that took place in the year 1728 (which was the date entered on my 2nd Stone)...
 

 John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera"

Premiered in London on January 29th, 1728

 

You may have found further information in your research that interest you other than a photograph like I did.  Whatever you found that grabbed your attention, make a note of it in your Balancing Stones Sculpture Writing Project Notebook.  If you happened to have found photographs like I did, you can print out a copy of them and tape them or glue them in your Notebook.

Giving you an example of  other information that I found out:

John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera" had an Adaptation in 1953; there was a 1963 BBCtv Broadcast of The Beggar's Opera; there was a 2009 presentation of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera directed by Chris Rovers; The lyrics of the opening song in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera established the main social conflict of the play; there was also a Website created by the students of the University of Michigan about the exploration of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera; and there was also plenty of information on You Tube about this fabulous Ballad Opera.

You may want to write down the links that you found during your Research so that you may go back to them.  I saved several links, and the one link that I'd like to share with everyone here is this one . . .

http://umich.edu/~ece/student_projects/beggars_opera/

The focus of this Writing Project is to turn your attention to your writing and your specific literary area of interest.  It helps to get you inspired to research your area of interest, and to go off the beaten path to expand your mind.

Our next step:  Stone 4

What shall we place on Stone 4?

Think about the word that you have on Stone 1.  If you have the word "Author", the question becomes for you what is the title of what you will Author?  The same holds true if you have the word "Novelist", or "PlayWrite", or "Script Writer", or "Film Writer", or "Poet".

If you have the word "Editor", the question for you is what type of Editor?  News Editor, Sports Editor, Financial Editor, or Fashion Editor.

If you have the word "Journalist", the question for you is what type of Journalist?

Stone 4 will contain a condensed word that identifies what you will come back here with after you have thought about the question that relates to your Stone 1 word.

If you have any questions, please feel free to write them in the comments section here.

I'll see you back here tomorrow!

Have a good night thinking about Stone 1 . . .

 Peace, Love & Light,

René

© Copyright - René Allen - 2017 - All Rights Reserved