2.13 Improving Your Craft with Rosalyn Eves

This week we chat with Rosalyn Eves about rhetorical devices and how to go about learning and using them (and maybe when not to use them). Some of the things we mention in the podcast worth checking out:

Soundbite from Ira Glass on "The Gap" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbC4gqZGPSY&ab_channel=Getoutthebox1

Slyva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric, provided by Dr. Gideon Burton. A list of rhetorical devices with examples: http://rhetoric.byu.edu/

We also mentioned Austenland by Shannon Hale

The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

Thank You For Arguing by Jay Heinrichs

 

If you'd like a first chapter critique from the crew, you can find submission guidelines on our website: https://litservicepodcast.wixsite.com/litnation

You can find the text of the first chapter we critique during the episode here: https://litservicepodcast.wixsite.com/litnation/2-13

 

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