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CASTOR

CASTOR. A Town Built on Stories, History, and the Undeniable, Elusive Truth. Rachel Santee. Starting Out. Modernity: The Emergence of Catharsis Creative Writing Inspirational Films and Written Works. Goals. To write a full-length piece To better understand the art of storytelling

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CASTOR

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  1. CASTOR A Town Built on Stories, History, and the Undeniable, Elusive Truth Rachel Santee

  2. Starting Out • Modernity: The Emergence of Catharsis • Creative Writing • Inspirational Films and Written Works

  3. Goals • To write a full-length piece • To better understand the art of storytelling • To work in historical aspects

  4. Process • Brainstorming: • Novel? • Short story trilogy? • 50 short stories? • 100 short stories? • Story Schedule

  5. My Project • A series of 75 short anecdotal stories that range from 1-4 pages in length. • Each story based off of a vintage photograph • Although separate stories, they all come together to tell one entire story • A southern town over the course of the past century

  6. Antique Alley -- Monroe, Louisiana

  7. Antique Gallery

  8. Product • Why “Castor”, Mississippi?

  9. Product • Why “Castor”, Mississippi? • Why use pictures?

  10. Product • Why “Castor”, Mississippi? • Why use pictures? • Why the South?

  11. Process • Editing and Formatting

  12. Publishing

  13. Writing… and a ton of Reading!

  14. Challenges • Reading… and not reading. • Writing… and not writing. • Repetition of stories • Foard’s amazing ability to lose photos • The looming idea of editing • The P word

  15. Discoveries • Novels are not the only way to tell a story • Storytelling is innate part of being human • I can in fact write and (self)publish a book • I do not want to live in the South • I do not want to pursue creative writing in college

  16. The Aftermath • Microsoft Word and I still are not on speaking terms. • Foard is still recovering from my wrath when he lost photos • I have not been able to enjoy a good piece of fiction without critiquing every sentence and picturing how I would have written it. • After being published online as well in print, Castor has now been downloaded by over 400 people.

  17. Acknowledgements • The Academy • Mark Foard • My Family • WilWeiss • Matt Aldredge • Everyone who unknowingly supplied me with names (probably you) • Dale Scott • Ross School

  18. Questions?

  19. CASTOR A Town Built on Stories, History, and the Undeniable, Elusive Truth Rachel Santee

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