Camille,
It’s me again. Ok first I bet you want to know what that picture is all about. Read on Macbeth!
The wheels have been turning. Dangerous I know. I just read an article today about teaching students how to deliver a monologue. It stressed the importance of remembering that even a monologue is a conversation. That person is talking to someone – the other person just hasn’t had a chance to speak yet.
Monologues should actually feel like a dialogue. Share ah ha moments, tell a story, capture interest, open the door to conversation enough so that the audience should be looking over their shoulders to see who is going to answer.
Wonder if blogs should be that way too? A conversation as if you are talking to someone and expecting an answer. That would mean I would have to imagine who I was talking to, what might get them interested in answering me, and why I wanted to talk to them in the first place.
And just like when I teach acting I always say that every bit of dialogue has to do with the character’s main issue or through line- blog posts kinda have to do with our main issue, the inquiry. Right?
And like in any good play, I guess I would also have to make sure that I fill in the back story a little bit- give enough information so that they understand why that picture is important to the inquiry for example.
Wow- Shakespeare was right- all the world’s a stage! So what do you think? Am I just a crazy actor or could I be on to something?
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March 27, 2012 at 10:21 pm
lorrainekelly
Alas, Cory, I think you are correct! I never really thought about a monologue that way before, but we are always encouraging our actors to address the audience. The same with our blogs, address our audience! Even if we are only talking to ourselves, maybe documenting or writing our thoughts, don’t we want enough information there so we can read all or understand what the heck we were talking about? I know we are supposed to keep them short, bit I wish people would give more step by sep details so I can steal their lesson plans! Like, Cory, how’d you make that cool signature?
March 28, 2012 at 12:32 am
Camille Dempsey
Hello Cory,
It is nice to see your drama experience and personality reflected in your post. This really made me think about what it means to be a creative blogger in terms of writing styles. Your post also raises an important question of considering who the audience is that reads our writing. The brevity of your post is a good reminder for me also! Thanks Cory!
March 28, 2012 at 12:38 am
Camille Dempsey
Another random thought I had – What would happen if we began blogging in a monologue style but left a blog post unfinished for someone else to complete. It would be interesting to see how people would complete it…. For example, “I was thinking about what one of the Artseducator2.0 faculty members was blogging about one day about monologues and dialogues. Suddenly _____________…” Could be interesting….