zk/teaching/haiku-x-fiction/index.md

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Structure

  • Intro
    • Introductions around
    • Expectations
    • Generate zine, available for free as site/pdf, or for tips
  • Lead with some haiku
  • Go into what a haiku is (not just 5-7-5)
  • Exercise 1:
    • Show some images
    • Attendees should pick two things they notice from each image, aim for a bit of contrast
    • Write those two things on two lines, as much as they want
  • Images and sensations vs metaphor
  • Haiku as minimalist evocation of sensations using only images
  • More appropriate structure:
    • About 12 stressed syllables
    • Two images
    • Can include a volta, often relating to seasonal imagery
    • Minimal language usage
    • Concrete evocation
  • Exercise 2:
    • Turn those two images into a haiku
    • Remember, doesn't need to be 5-7-5, though don't let that stop you
  • Evocation in fiction
  • When to use metaphor, when to use concrete evocation
  • Utility of surprise
  • Exercise 3:
    • Leading with your haiku, write a short (<500) word scene in prose that turns this into a story
    • Try to evoke the same sensations/moods that the haiku did
  • What can fiction lend to haiku?
  • Characters (in the loosest sense) within images
  • Directionality between two images, maintaining tension within haiku form
  • Exercise 4 (if there's time):
    • Take two images from your scene and turn them into a haiku
    • Pay attention to what you gain and what you lose in terms of sensations
    • What can you bring back to fiction?
    • Suggest that you can start this series of exercises in the other direction (fiction -> haiku -> fiction) too
  • Conclusion