{"id":2059,"date":"2016-02-29T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelscribe.wordpress.com\/?page_id=2059"},"modified":"2022-11-03T14:10:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T14:10:35","slug":"bath-spa-residential-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/legacy.travelscribe.org\/index.php\/bath-spa-residential-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bath Spa Residential"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>CREATING A SENSE OF PLACE<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">How do good writers\u00a0do it?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christophersrarebooks.com\/uploads\/3\/5\/4\/2\/3542337\/1089058_orig.jpg?271\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cider with Rosie book cover<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/acinephilesguide.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/12\/delete3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Remains of the Day book cover<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0A Poem<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/forreadingaddicts.co.uk\/video\/richard-burton-reads-adlestrop-by-edward-thomas\/9359\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adlestrop audio<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poem\/239742\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adlestrop text<\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>How do you think Thomas manages to create such a powerful sense of place?<\/li>\n<li>What are the visual images he uses to do this?<\/li>\n<li>What other senses does he bring into the poem,apart from sight?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Perfect_Storm_(book)#\/media\/File:ThePerfectStorm.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Perfect Storm book cover<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/gail-simmons-120094772\/perfect-storm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Perfect Storm audio<\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>How do you think Junger manages to create such a powerful sense of place?<\/li>\n<li>What are the visual images he uses to do this?<\/li>\n<li>What other senses does he bring into the story, apart from sight?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Place &amp; Time<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gerryco23.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/07\/john-nash-the-cornfield.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Nash: The Cornfield<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/8\/8d\/Romanian_hay.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Romanian haystack<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/5\/5b\/Nash,_John_(RA)_-_'Over_The_Top'._1st_Artists'_Rifles_at_Marcoing,_30th_December_1917_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Nash: Over the Top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Place &amp; Memory<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christophersrarebooks.com\/uploads\/3\/5\/4\/2\/3542337\/1089058_orig.jpg?271\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cider with Rosie book cover<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travelscribe.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/03\/57dd8-swiftshillview1reduced.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slad in the Cotswolds<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/gail-simmons-120094772\/cider-with-rosie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cider with Rosie audio<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Place &amp; the Emotional state<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/acinephilesguide.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/12\/delete3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Remains of the Day book cover<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/gail-simmons-120094772\/remains-of-the-day-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Remains of the Day audio<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Writing like a child<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.thinglink.me\/api\/image\/862353304598872065\/1240\/10\/scaletowidth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Picasso photo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyquote.com\/quotes\/quotes\/p\/pablopicas385182.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Picasso quote<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mestreacasa.gva.es\/c\/document_library\/get_file?folderId=500006469276&amp;name=DLFE-459350.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Picasso self-portrait<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And finally:\u00a0 travel writer &amp;novelist Colin Thubron on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WBoXS65uOwU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">evoking a sense a place<\/a> (what he calls the spirit of a place):<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The dreaded clich\u00e9!<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Land of contrasts<\/li>\n<li>Azure seas<\/li>\n<li>Turquoise waters<\/li>\n<li>Golden sands<\/li>\n<li>Palm-fringed beaches<\/li>\n<li>Rugged mountains<\/li>\n<li>Nestling villages<\/li>\n<li>Vibrant nightlife<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/topics\/about-us\/style-book\/1435286\/Telegraph-style-book-banned-words.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telegraph&#8217;s banned words<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Writing Exercise<\/h2>\n<p>Think back to your childhood, and a place that had great significance for you (ether at home or abroad &#8211; it doesn&#8217;t matter).\u00a0Write about it through the <em>prism of memory<\/em>, trying to remember the feeling of the place at that moment in time: the sights, sounds, smells etc, just like Laurie Lee did in Cider with Rosie.<\/p>\n<p><strong>15 mins<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>CREATING CONVINCING CHARACTERS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_BsePKX0h59Q\/S5Mr5m-EpTI\/AAAAAAAAD4o\/QM2mphtzzmE\/chatwin_blackhill_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On the Black Hill<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/gail-simmons-120094772\/on-the-black-hill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On the Black Hill audio<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/514vQWqsorL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cleopatra&#8217;s Wedding Present book cover<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/literati-lash-out-over-last-words-of-perfumed-gadfly-1251591.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Tewdwr-Moss obituary<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/gail-simmons-120094772\/syria-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cleopatra&#8217;s Wedding Present audio<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/travel\/travel-writing-competition\/8781811\/Just-back-a-grand-Irish-day.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Irish landlady link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2011\/nov\/02\/letter-from-palestine-desert-coffee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Letter from Palestine<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/gail-simmons-120094772\/letter-from-palestine-edited\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palestine MP3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XH_2o22lBjQhttp:\/\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">William Least Heat-Moon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matadornetwork.com\/notebook\/travel-writing-basics-proper-attribution-and-ethics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Travel Writing ethics<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gla.ac.uk\/media\/media_237671_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interview guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Writing Exercises<\/h2>\n<p>Write a pen-portrait of a character you have met when travelling (either\u00a0at home or abroad). What does that character reveal about the place you encountered them (think of the old man in Aleppo, or the twin in <em>On the Black Hill<\/em>)?<\/p>\n<p><strong>15 mins<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(If time): Write about someone else you know, from your everyday life. If possible, try to incorporate pieces of dialogue, to bring your writing to life. NB: it can be an animal if you prefer!<\/p>\n<p><strong>15\u00a0mins<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CREATING A SENSE OF PLACE How do good writers\u00a0do it? Cider with Rosie book cover Remains of the Day book cover \u00a0A Poem Adlestrop audio Adlestrop text How do you think Thomas manages to create such a powerful sense of place? What are the visual images he uses to do this? 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