Metaphors are more complicated than you think (oh boy!)
What are metaphors? What happens in a reader’s head when they see a metaphor? How do we use this knowledge to improve our writing? In this post I discuss the research of Gibbs RW and Matlock T into how readers understand metaphors by mentally simulating the activity, and what understanding the cognitive process of interpreting metaphors teaches us at writers. Don’t worry, I’ll try throw in some jokes.
Oh boy, critiquing one of my own plays. You may have noticed that the articles analysing our radio plays stopped at “Voices” a few weeks back. This is why. Talking about my work feels like driving nails into my feet. But long-time followers of the blog know it is supposed to be a reflective journal. Self-critique is a way to improve my writing by thinking about writing. So, I can’t get out of this one. What was right, what was wrong, and what was interesting about Mine?
Just in case you haven’t listened to it yet, here’s the audio link, the iTunes link, and the YouTube version with subtitles. Thorough, aren’t we? This article has mega spoilers for Mine, so I’ll see you after the break.
Here’s a cool project that involves one of our @littlwonder members. If you like electric music and/or supporting independent, all women projects, check out Clara Nova’s new single “Electric.” The lead singer is French-American Sydney Wayser and the planned music video will be directed by award-winning filmaker Laura Beckner.
The link contains a lot more details about the project on the IndieGoGo site, including a video that explains everything, and remember that even small donations help. Click on the link, donate if you can, and help more independent music go live!
When we launched a month ago we hoped to achieve a thousand listens to our full cast audio dramas by September 1st. Instead, we have had more than two thousand listens in one month and a day!
To thank you for helping make this amazing, crazy adventure a success, a bunch of us got together and made a new comedy, “Loopie-Loop”, in 72 hours of SFX cock ups, line errors, unstoppable giggling and general wonderfulness. Here in this post you’ll find a new, very silly play, made specially for you to say “wow, you’re brilliant, you’ve proved that radio is very much alive!”
The seal woman’s skin has been stolen, stranding her on a reef of rage and tragedy. Can she find her true home, freeing her voice? Fay Roberts (Other Voices, Allographic, Hammer & Tongue) navigates a modern mythological sea voyage of hiraeth, poetry, music, and storytelling in this haunting solo show. Today, Little Wonder is delighted to present “Sedna”, one part of “The Selkie: A Song of Seven Waters” filled with beauty, betrayal and loss. Dog men, deception and the first time in your life you’ll be scared of hair. Take a listen.
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Oh boy, critiquing one of my own plays. You may have noticed that the articles analysing our radio plays stopped at “Voices” a few weeks back. This is why. Talking about my work feels like driving nails into my feet. But long-time followers of the blog know it is supposed to be a reflective journal. Self-critique is a way to improve my writing by thinking about writing. So, I can’t get out of this one. What was right, what was wrong, and what was interesting about Mine?
Here’s a cool project that involves one of our 
When we launched a month ago we hoped to achieve a thousand listens to our full cast audio dramas by September 1st. Instead, we have had more than two thousand listens in one month and a day!