Stephen Kastner
Stephen Kastner writes essays, science fiction, memoir, poetry, and is currently working on a screenplay and novel about his Quaker ancestor Thomas Maule, who was arrested for defending the wise women accused of witchcraft in Salem in 1692. He leads the Green Mountain Writers Group in Vermont and creates digital media professionally as DesignWise Studios.
Follow his Antediluvian Attitudes on Substack: https://stephenkastner.substack.com
This pair of chapters was a great read, especially the second one. You convinced me to start liking Enzo, for his empathy…
On Friday 9/24 Open Genre: “Borrelia” by Millie Eidson
Like watching bacon fry in a pan, your three logline options sizzle down nicely to: When a law-abiding housewife is…
On Logline & Central Dramatic Question
This is my first draft in assembling the characters: Major Characters: Thomas Maule – Arrived in Boston in 1665, moved…
On Character Profiles
The Hollow Men by T.S. Eliot (https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/the-hollow-men-by-ts-eliot) Mistah Kurtz-he dead A penny for the Old Guy I We are the…
On Tuesday 9/21 Poetry & Performance
Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/metaphors-we-live-by_george-lakoff_mark-johnson/246015/item/4134558/ Gregory Bateson - Steps To An Ecology of Mind…
On Friday 9/17 Metaphor and more…
Ever feel like you’re trapped by your own limited frame of reference? Poet Rosemerry Trommer believes that our sense of…
On Friday 9/17 Metaphor and more…
Chat Session: Shakespeare's Much Ado (About Nothing) a Benefit Performance for the Burlington High School Drama Club September 25-26, 2021…
On Friday 9/17 Metaphor and more…
This has all the elements of a flawed main character that you like very much to begin with, and then…
On Pitch Your Idea
I know we might have some doubling up here as I am in David's course as well. I am patterning…
On Pitch Your Idea
I like the concept of employing classic mythological themes, characters and actual historical references in your story, plus a few…
On Pitch Your Idea