Barry Lane’s writing strategy: Explode the Moment

Barry Lane’s Writing Strategy: Shrink Time

Barry Lane’s Writing Strategy: Snapshot

Snapshots adds details to writing.

Barry Lane

http://www.amazon.com/But-How-You-Teach-Writing/dp/0545021189/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1252295984&sr=8-1   I was recently rereading my writing books looking for ideas for teaching writing.  Barry Lane is always full of ideas.  Have you read his book, But How Do You Teach Writing?  It is wonderful!

Writing about a prompt in an interesting way (Barry Lane)

Barry Lane is writing about a prompt in an interesting way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxdrOWUCu48

Explode the Moment You Tube Video Barry Lane

Explode the Moment You Tube Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KykziiHpyuo

Barry Lane You Tube Videos

Do you like Barry Lane? Michigan suggests using many of the Barry Lane writing strategies to improve writing. Here are several you tube videos by Barry Lane to get you started:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9isIyM4-dgw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOmW6R–hSk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRJ3mykcb-w

Snapshots

Name the Craft

When the writer wants the reader to picture a moment in time, the writer will describe the sounds, the smells, the specific action. Often the writer will pretend to take a snapshot or a photograph of the setting and visualize it. What do you see in this moment of time? How will you describe this moment for the reader?

Explode the Moment

Name the Craft

-Explode the Moment, Slow the pace, Create suspense