Author Archive: Suzanna Anderson Creates
The Letter Project–Letter from Whitney
Look at what I received in the mail from Whitney.
Prompt–Sunday, May 13
Since I’ve discovered the Lizzie Bennet Diaries, I’ve thought about the process of adapting a novel into a vlog. What story would you adapt? What would change? For this exercise, I would adapt “A Confederacy of Dunces” by John Kennedy Toole. Ignatius writes letters to Myrna and writes his histories and the working boy stories. What …
Post-graduation
I am officially an undergraduate graduate. Since the ceremony, I have slept, ate, and rested like a normal person, and watched several films I’ve never seen before. I have also become addicted to the Lizzie Bennet Diaries on YouTube, an adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.” Check out the first episode.
Prompt–Monday, April 30
NPR has Three Minute Fiction, which you can check out here: http://www.npr.org/2012/04/29/151647902/three-minute-fiction-update-judges-favorites What line would you be tired of after reading it 6,000 times? Write a sentence to begin a three-minute fiction, which is about 600 words. Then write the story. Some sentences to get you started if you’re stuck. The city is burning. She …
The Letter Project–Letter to Whitney
In New Orleans I found one blue mailbox on the sidewalk, but I couldn’t remember where it was to send more letters. So fun fact: this is the only letter I postmarked from New Orleans, at least on this trip.
Prompt–Monday, April 23
Who is the owner? What’s his/her story? Why do does he/she only have one mug, a spoon, and two knives? Write.
Four and Twenty Publication
Check out my poem “Venn Diagram” in Four and Twenty. http://4and20poetry.com/2012/04/17/april-2012-%e2%80%a2-volume-5-%e2%80%a2-issue-4-double-issue/
The Letter Project–Letter to Theresa
Look at the letter I sent to Theresa about New Orleans.
The Letter Project–Letter from Whitney
This is what I received in the mail today.