Washington Irving is considered as the Father of the Short Story, which began as an American literary form. His delightful story Rip Van Winkle is thought to have been the first American short story. In 1916, W. Patterson Atkinson said the following about the short story: “A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can…
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#MemoirFest Day 12 – Character Development – Read Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle and Rewrite One of Your Characters
Washington Irving wrote Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 200 years ago, and he has left potential writers with at least two excellent stories for studying masterful storytelling and masterful development of both setting and the creation of characters. In another post, I examined Irving’s use of Setting in his story Rip…
#MemoirFest Day 11: Read about the Setting for Rip Van Winkle – Edit What You Wrote about Your Terrain
Washington Irving is considered as the Father of the Short Story, which began as an American literary form. His delightful story Rip Van Winkle is thought to have been the first American short story. In 1916, W. Patterson Atkinson said the following about the short story: “A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can…