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Splinter, Swivel, Synthesize—Reimagining Stories with Juxtaprise
with Laura Deal
Play Around with Reimaged Stories
Juxtaprise is a creative prompt Laura Deal developed over years of teaching writing classes. It involves putting diverse ideas together, then witnessing the surprising results as we see where our minds take us. Human minds are wired to seek connections between things. The more diverse the things are the more our minds try creative ideas we wouldn’t have found otherwise.
In this workshop, we’ll play with tropes, characters, and other elements of traditional folk and fairy tales to take those stories in new directions. The emphasis will be on process, rather than product, with the end goal of planting some seeds of ideas that might grow into full stories over time. As always in Laura’s classes, the rules are set in play dough, so come prepared to have fun!
What's Included:
- Explanation of the playful process of Juxtaprise
- Access to a rich collection of materials for prompts
- Exploration of themes, tropes, and elements of traditional tale
- Time to explore the juxtapositions and surprises the prompts provide
Insights
This workshop is designed for storytellers of all experience levels, who are looking to “twist” or “reset” traditional folk and fairy tales. Laura brings her extensive repertoire of folk and fairy tales to bear on the discussion of elements to play with, and to the prompts used to jumpstart new ways of thinking about traditional tales. The resulting infusion of new ideas helps participants develop new and interesting versions of old tales.
What People Are Saying
“Laura is an amazing and wonderfully creative storyteller and presenter. A great playshop!”
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