D6ParkerResearchNotebook

Claim: All Waffle Houses should be open 24/7. Opposite: All Waffle Houses shouldn’t be open 24/7. Bedell-Pearce, Jack. Challenges of running a business 24/7. The Guardian, 28 March 2013, https://www.theguardian.com/small-business-network/2013/mar/28/24-hours-business-challenges. In Challenges of running a business 24/7, Jack Bedell-Pearce identifies several reasons why operating a commercial activity 24/7 isn’t ideal; in particular, such businesses sacrifice … Continue reading “Opposing Claims”

Donde Esta MARTA In this flash fiction, a Peruvian-American family, struggling with the loss of their matriarch due to maternal mortality, attempts to return to Peru while navigating the MARTA. The MARTiAn In this documentary, an alien family, benefitting from overpopulation due to martian medical innovation, attempts to stay home, despite high-speed trains constantly showing … Continue reading “Creating Loglines (3.7.23)”

Introduction There were several factors that influenced my research. For starters, I wanted to learn about Whitey Bulger and his criminal empire so I could be informed on how to structure his character in my story. This was not difficult. The internet has a plethora of information regarding Bulger since he’s a significant character in … Continue reading “Collection of ABs”

Marcelo, Philip, and Denise Lavoie. Gangster’s death brings abrupt end to old South Boston. Associated Press, 30 October 2018, https://apnews.com/article/97752f565f9147ac8ce9756973298648. In Gangster’s death brings abrupt end to old South Boston, Philip Marcelo and Denise Lavoie explain how South Boston changed from being a “gritty, rough-around-the-edges” area to becoming a “hip, urban neighborhood.” In the article, … Continue reading “AB No. 10”

Cleland, Jane. Mastering Plot Twists: How to Use Suspense, Targeted Storytelling Strategies, and Structure to Captivate Your Readers. Penguin, 2018, https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=uKtPEAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA2&dq=how+to+write+a+plot+twist&ots=-V3DHOOdjR&sig=l45ofpGg9ZbNhxu6oc4jK1xYz2w#v=onepage&q=how%20to%20write%20a%20plot%20twist&f=false. In Mastering Plot Twists: How to Use Suspense, Targeted Storytelling Strategies, and Structure to Captivate Your Readers, Jane Cleland, a bestselling author, argues the necessity of plot twists; she says in order to have a story that truly resonates with … Continue reading “AB No. 9”

Kempton, Gloria. Write Great Fiction-Dialogue. Penguin, 2004, https://www.scribd.com/document/607763976/Write-Great-Fiction-Dialogue-by-Gloria-Kempton. In Write Great Fiction-Dialogue, Kempton Gloria discusses how writing dialogue is not an easy task and explains how most writers don’t get it right. Throughout the book, Gloria uses numerous examples of dialogue to prove her point and display how dialogue can enhance storytelling through building tension and … Continue reading “AB No. 8”

MacDonald, Michael. Whitey Bulger, Boston Busing, and Southie’s Lost Generation. Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University, 2014, https://www.schusterinstituteinvestigations.org/southies-lost-generation. In Whitey Bulger, Boston Busing, and Southie’s Lost Generation, Michael MacDonald, who grew up in a South Boston housing project, shares his personal experience of being a Southie resident in the 1980s, and he describes … Continue reading “AB No. 7”

Jassin, Lloyd. The Legal Consequences of Using Real People in Fiction. The Law Offices of Lloyd J. Jassin, https://www.copylaw.com/new_articles/real_people_in_fiction.html. In The Legal Consequences of Using Real People in Fiction, Lloyd Jassin, a lawyer whose expertise is in intellectual property, provides a basic understanding of libel law and highlights the dangers of using real people in … Continue reading “AB No. 6”

Tankard, James, and Laura Hendrickson. Specificity, imagery in writing: Testing the effects of “show, don’t tell”. Newspaper Research Journal, 1996, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/073953299601700105. In Specificity, imagery in writing: Testing the effects of “show, don’t tell”, James Tankard and Laura Hendrickson describe the importance of showing not telling in writing, and they explain “telling makes readers passive,” while … Continue reading “AB No. 5”

Lobato, Bruna. Snowstorm. The New Yorker, 11 August 2022, https://www.newyorker.com/books/flash-fiction/snowstorm. In Snowstorm, Bruna Lobato, a writer and literary translator who’s at work on her first novel, tells a sweet piece of flash fiction involving a foreign student studying in America; she becomes lonely when all the other students at her college leave for break, and … Continue reading “AB No. 4”