tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39849307729857300472024-03-13T13:29:27.735-05:00Riot Ink...eye heart words...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984930772985730047.post-76933227407363495362010-02-15T10:32:00.003-06:002010-02-15T10:33:13.406-06:00UPDATE<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><br /><br /><br /> ON HIATUS.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984930772985730047.post-53966943852784959762010-02-01T19:14:00.004-06:002010-02-02T08:12:57.682-06:00Submissions for This Week's Meeting 2.4.10<span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >Hey all, I hope everyone had a great weekend. We have two submissions from one of our new members Misha. A poem and a short prose piece. Please read the two pieces before the meeting and have comments so we can talk about it. This first meeting is going to run a little shorter than usual. Good luck with school this week!<br /><br />A <a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/The%20Fates.doc">poem</a> and <a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/While%20You%20Waited.doc">a prose piece</a> by Misha<br /><br />update :<br /><br />Sean just submitted a <a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/The%20Foreground.doc">sequence of poems</a>.<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984930772985730047.post-56355860938779145772010-01-30T14:56:00.002-06:002010-01-30T14:56:53.636-06:00UPDATE<span style="font-weight: bold;">FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW YEAR IS FEBRUARY 4, 2010 FROM 6:00PM TO 7:30PM IN BIO 301.<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984930772985730047.post-38899555037610687182009-12-12T16:00:00.004-06:002009-12-12T16:07:56.114-06:00MAKER Four: Winter 2009<span style="font-size:85%;">Hey all, I hope everyone is having a great start to the winter holidays, whether in the work place or finishing up those measly finals. Very very soon the latest <span style="font-style: italic;">Maker</span> from the series of chapbooks released by RIOT Ink will be released. First and foremost, I want to thank the lovely Jennifer King for helping tremendously with the layout. I am very excited to include so many new people from the previous ones. Sometime next week I will be putting the books together, so if anyone can help that would be awesome. More details later.<br /><br />MAKER FOUR: WINTER 2009<br /><br />featuring. . .<br /><br />Adam Braffman<br />Jennifer King<br />Neil Davé<br />Annie Castro<br />Rachel Veroff<br />Mark Gerchak<br />Ryan Bender-Murphy<br /><br />-<br /><br />A book of poems, stories, and scripts. And the great illustrator Travis William Ballard will be designing the cover.<br /><br />Cool.<br /><br />Happy Holidays y'all!<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984930772985730047.post-35044498936434600592009-12-06T19:30:00.004-06:002009-12-06T19:33:37.448-06:00For Adam Braffman<span style="font-size:85%;">This poem by Theodore Roethke made me audibly laugh out loud for about five minutes:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >For An Amorous Lady</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />"</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Most mammals like caresses, in the sense in which we usually take the word, whereas other creatures, even tame snakes, prefer giving to receiving them.</span><span style="font-size:85%;">" -- FROM A NATURAL-HISTORY BOOK<br /><br />The pensive gnu, the staid aardvark,<br />Accept caresses in the dark;<br />The bear, equipped with paw and snout;<br />Would rather take than dish it out.<br />But snakes, both poisonous and garter,<br />In love are never known to barter;<br />The worm, though dank, is sensitive:<br />His noble nature bids him </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >give</span><span style="font-size:85%;">.<br /><br />But you, my dearest, have a soul<br />Encompassing fish, flesh, and fowl.<br />When amorous arts we would pursue,<br />You can, with pleasure, bill </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >or</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> coo.<br />You are, in truth, one in a million,<br />At once mammalian and reptilian.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984930772985730047.post-41685342066631918112009-11-16T18:12:00.002-06:002009-11-16T18:55:00.905-06:00Submissions for This Week's Meeting (11.19.2009)<span style="font-size:85%;">Hey all, so we have three submissions for this week's meeting, one poem from Jennifer, a spec script for the tv show Parks and Recreation from Neil, and a poem from me. If everyone could print out their own copy of the script, that would be great. I can provide copies for everything else. Also, if you are unfamiliar with Parks and Recreation, you can watch a couple episodes on hulu.com. Just think, it is like The Office, but instead of a paper company, it is the government. And Amy Poehler = Steve Carrell.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">In other news--I know, news!--this meeting will be the last OFFICIAL Riot Ink meeting of the semester. Next Thursday, as you all probably know, is Thanksgiving, and the Thursday after is during the last week of school--which sadly, is when our room reservation expires. However, I invite everyone to join me and other fellow writers at Drungos (it is a bar/lounge place near Vulcan Video and Toy Joy off Guadalupe) on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving (11.24). I will also have unofficial meetings during December for whoever is able, which will be fun writing days at all of your favorite Austin coffee shops--like Quack's and Flightpath and not Epoch and JP Java and maybe Spiderhouse! We can talk about it more at the meeting.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">I need to talk to the people who will be here next semester so I can get the group re-registered and we can still use fancy UT rooms. If all goes according to plan, next semester should be the same, if not eerily similar to this semester. And I will probably advertise the group more.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">And last but not muthafucking least: I know many moons ago I mentioned that Riot Ink releases little chapbooks that showcase work from the writers. The chapbooks are pretty awesome, consisting of finely crafted white cardstock, colored paper, ink, and neat icons. I can bring in a couple for people to see so you get an idea. After going through a rolling roster of different writers for the first month and finally settling into a consistent group of people, I think a chapbook would be cool to release. I know most everyone has submitted something--and all of the submissions are great for a book. I will talk about this in more detail at the meeting as well.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Anyway, I just want everyone to know that it has been a great run. I know the news that this week is the last meeting is kind of abrupt, but if keep in touch during December and it won't have to be! Anways, you all have been mega-awesome.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">-</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">A <a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/Summer%20Feet.doc">poem</a> by Jennifer</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">A <a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/Parks.Rec.Act1.pdf">spec script of the tv show "Parks and Recreation"</a> by Neil</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">A <a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/Dinomathemagician.docx">poem</a> by godzilla</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984930772985730047.post-45895502205697100872009-11-09T16:52:00.003-06:002009-11-09T17:19:41.924-06:00Submissions For This Week's Meeting (11/12/2009)<span style="font-size:85%;">Hey all, I hope everyone had a good weekend! I feel like I saw most of you in one way or another, which is pretty awesome. We have three submissions this week, a poem from Annie, a short story by Rachel, and a poem by me. Pretty normal procedure. I think we may hear a selection from David Sedaris, as promised a month ago. He is a funny guy, and writes funny stuff, which makes me happy. Plus they sell his books at Fry's Electronics in Atlanta, GA. Also, one of these meetings in the near future (probably the last) will be a bar/hang out meeting, so definitely be around for that. We will probably hit up this place called Drungo's over near Vulcan Video and Conan's Pizza. It is a pretty cool place, and we are pretty cool people. Meeting time is same old 5:30pm - 7:00pm at room 3.108 in the Communications Building at UT. Drinks after? Why not.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">A </span><a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/Clasp%20and%20Sunder%2010-6.doc"><span style="font-size:85%;">poem </span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">by Annie - 1 pg</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">-</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">A </span><a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/beauty%20and%20the%20beast.doc"><span style="font-size:85%;">short story</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> by Rachel - 13 pgs</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">-</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">A </span><a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/NOWHERE%20HOLIDAY.doc"><span style="font-size:85%;">poem</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> by Ryan - 1 pg</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984930772985730047.post-39995309081922595432009-11-08T12:41:00.004-06:002009-11-08T12:46:49.115-06:00Wallace Stevens<h3 class="post-title entry-title"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">Sunday Morning</span></span></h3><span style="font-size:85%;">I</span><br /> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"> Complacencies of the peignoir, and late<br /> Coffee and oranges in a sunny chair,<br /> And the green freedom of a cockatoo<br /> Upon a rug mingle to dissipate<br /> The holy hush of ancient sacrifice.<br /> She dreams a little, and she feels the dark<br /> Encroachment of that old catastrophe,<br /> As a calm darkens among water-lights.<br /> The pungent oranges and bright, green wings<br /> Seem things in some procession of the dead,<br /> Winding across wide water, without sound.<br /> The day is like wide water, without sound,<br /> Stilled for the passing of her dreaming feet<br /> Over the seas, to silent Palestine,<br /> Dominion of the blood and sepulchre. </span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"> II </span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"> Why should she give her bounty to the dead?<br /> What is divinity if it can come<br /> Only in silent shadows and in dreams?<br /> Shall she not find in comforts of the sun,<br /> In pungent fruit and bright, green wings, or else<br /> In any balm or beauty of the earth,<br /> Things to be cherished like the thought of heaven?<br /> Divinity must live within herself:<br /> Passions of rain, or moods in falling snow;<br /> Grievings in loneliness, or unsubdued<br /> Elations when the forest blooms; gusty<br /> Emotions on wet roads on autumn nights;<br /> All pleasures and all pains, remembering<br /> The bough of summer and the winter branch.<br /> These are the measures destined for her soul. </span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"> III </span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"> Jove in the clouds had his inhuman birth.<br /> No mother suckled him, no sweet land gave<br /> Large-mannered motions to his mythy mind.<br /> He moved among us, as a muttering king,<br /> Magnificent, would move among his hinds,<br /> Until our blood, commingling, virginal,<br /> With heaven, brought such requital to desire<br /> The very hinds discerned it, in a star.<br /> Shall our blood fail? Or shall it come to be<br /> The blood of paradise? And shall the earth<br /> Seem all of paradise that we shall know?<br /> The sky will be much friendlier then than now,<br /> A part of labor and a part of pain,<br /> And next in glory to enduring love,<br /> Not this dividing and indifferent blue. </span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"> IV </span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"> She says, "I am content when wakened birds,<br /> Before they fly, test the reality<br /> Of misty fields, by their sweet questionings;<br /> But when the birds are gone, and their warm fields<br /> Return no more, where, then, is paradise?"<br /> There is not any haunt of prophesy,<br /> Nor any old chimera of the grave,<br /> Neither the golden underground, nor isle<br /> Melodious, where spirits gat them home,<br /> Nor visionary south, nor cloudy palm<br /> Remote on heaven's hill, that has endured<br /> As April's green endures; or will endure<br /> Like her remembrance of awakened birds,<br /> Or her desire for June and evening, tipped<br /> By the consummation of the swallow's wings. </span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"> V </span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"> She says, "But in contentment I still feel<br /> The need of some imperishable bliss."<br /> Death is the mother of beauty; hence from her,<br /> Alone, shall come fulfilment to our dreams<br /> And our desires. Although she strews the leaves<br /> Of sure obliteration on our paths,<br /> The path sick sorrow took, the many paths<br /> Where triumph rang its brassy phrase, or love<br /> Whispered a little out of tenderness,<br /> She makes the willow shiver in the sun<br /> For maidens who were wont to sit and gaze<br /> Upon the grass, relinquished to their feet.<br /> She causes boys to pile new plums and pears<br /> On disregarded plate. The maidens taste<br /> And stray impassioned in the littering leaves. </span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"> VI </span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"> Is there no change of death in paradise?<br /> Does ripe fruit never fall? Or do the boughs<br /> Hang always heavy in that perfect sky,<br /> Unchanging, yet so like our perishing earth,<br /> With rivers like our own that seek for seas<br /> They never find, the same receding shores<br /> That never touch with inarticulate pang?<br /> Why set the pear upon those river banks<br /> Or spice the shores with odors of the plum?<br /> Alas, that they should wear our colors there,<br /> The silken weavings of our afternoons,<br /> And pick the strings of our insipid lutes!<br /> Death is the mother of beauty, mystical,<br /> Within whose burning bosom we devise<br /> Our earthly mothers waiting, sleeplessly. </span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"> VII </span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"> Supple and turbulent, a ring of men<br /> Shall chant in orgy on a summer morn<br /> Their boisterous devotion to the sun,<br /> Not as a god, but as a god might be,<br /> Naked among them, like a savage source.<br /> Their chant shall be a chant of paradise,<br /> Out of their blood, returning to the sky;<br /> And in their chant shall enter, voice by voice,<br /> The windy lake wherein their lord delights,<br /> The trees, like serafin, and echoing hills,<br /> That choir among themselves long afterward.<br /> They shall know well the heavenly fellowship<br /> Of men that perish and of summer morn.<br /> And whence they came and whither they shall go<br /> The dew upon their feet shall manifest. </span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"> VIII </span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"> She hears, upon that water without sound,<br /> A voice that cries, "The tomb in Palestine<br /> Is not the porch of spirits lingering.<br /> It is the grave of Jesus, where he lay."<br /> We live in an old chaos of the sun,<br /> Or old dependency of day and night,<br /> Or island solitude, unsponsored, free,<br /> Of that wide water, inescapable.<br /> Deer walk upon our mountains, and the quail<br /> Whistle about us their spontaneous cries;<br /> Sweet berries ripen in the wilderness;<br /> And, in the isolation of the sky,<br /> At evening, casual flocks of pigeons make<br /> Ambiguous undulations as they sink,<br /> Downward to darkness, on extended wings. </span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984930772985730047.post-36136678012608578362009-11-03T16:28:00.003-06:002009-11-08T12:44:27.220-06:00Submissions for this week's meeting (11/5/2009)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Hey all, we have three submissions for this week, two poems from Jennifer and a rough start to a short story by Rachel. Rachel said she cannot attend the meeting due to a chemistry test (AHHH!) but please still write comments. You can either email them to her, or give them to me and I will give them to her at the next meeting. There are no special themes this week, other than being awesome, which you all are every meeting! But if anyone wants to talk about a specific anything at a meeting, just shoot me an email, and you can have a go at lecturing on a topic. I am going to bring in a couple poems this time around and we can talk about them. I hope Halloween was amazing. Yeah. YEAH!</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">A </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/Summer%20%28rough%20start%29.doc.dot"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">rough start to a short story</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> by Rachel</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">-</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/The%20Mouth%20of%20the%20Itza%20Well.doc.dot"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Mouth of the Itza Well</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> and </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/Mill%20Town%20copy.doc.dot"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Mill Town</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> by Jennifer</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984930772985730047.post-20133863789223172632009-10-27T09:30:00.007-05:002009-10-27T09:53:01.476-05:00Submissions for This Week's Meeting (10/29/2009)<span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >Hey all, this week we have two screenplays from Mark and Neil. I realize that many of you are not familiar with screenwriting jargon and what exactly constitutes good vs. bad screenwriting. So Neil has been kind enough to make a list of terms that should help clarify some of the genre-specific notations/formatting. Also, Neil is going to give a brief introduction (approximately 15 minutes) to the art of screenwriting. Some questions to consider when reading the screenplays: Does the plot make sense? Are there any holes? Do the characters have strong voices and presence? Does the dialogue flow well? Do people talk like robots or human beings? Basically, think of critiquing a screenplay like a fiction story, except the language in descriptions is only important for conveying the basic physical ideas. The most important parts of screenwriting come in the strength of characters, plot structure, and dialogue.<br /><br />Some terms from Neil:<br /><br /></span><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Here's a few key terms you need to know before reading a screenplay:<br /></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">You'll see things stating setting, time, and place -- They are called scene headings. For example:<br /></span></div> <div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">"INT. SCOTT'S APARTMENT - NIGHT" -- This says we are inside Scott's apartment at night.</span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">"EXT." -- is outside Scott's apartment. </span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div> <div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">"I/E." -- means we move inside and outside.<br /><br />"Continuous" means it is a continuous flow of action. </span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />-<br /><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">"(beat)" between lines of dialogue mean it is an actor cue to make a gesture that is indescribable to the writer. </span></div> <div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">"(OS)" means off-screen. It is a voice that isn't on screen, but it in the general vicinity. </span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">"(VO)" means voice-over. Think Morgan Freeman. </span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">We capitalize characters the first and only the first time we see them. </span></div> <div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">A montage usually is indicated by (series of shots/montage) then a list.</span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Sometime in scenes you'll read THE HALLWAY followed by more description. This lets you know we are in a hallway of Scott's apartment (or whatever location). </span></div> <div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Parentheticals can be found after a character's name and they usually indicate to whom the character is speaking to. For example --</span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">RYAN<br />(to class)</span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I love riot ink.</span></div> <div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Often, screenwriters will put emotion into parentheticals for the reader's benefit. </span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">RYAN</span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(sarcasm)</span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I love riot ink.</span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">It's hard to tell tone sometimes, but an addition like this clarifies it. It can be anything really -- genuine/angry/sad/yelling/etc.</span></div><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><br />--<br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><br />And here is a poem to inspire you all:<br /><br /></span><p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>I Will Not Read Your Fucking Script</strong><br />By Steve Jarrett<br />Inspired by an essay by Josh Olson<br />With apologies to Theodore Geisel...</span></p> <p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span> </p> <span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><a name="more"></a></span> <p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>I will not read your fucking script<br />I will not read it in a car<br />I will not read it in a bar<br />I will not have it in my house<br />I will not click it with my mouse<br />I will not read it here or there<br />I will not read it anywhere<br />I'd rather be tied up and whipped<br />Than have to read your fucking script</i></span></p> <p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>I will not read your fucking script<br />I will not read its exposition<br />I will not read its scene transitions<br />I will not read its dialogue<br />I will not read its epilogue<br />I'll leave its pages quite unflipped<br />I will not read your fucking script</i></span></p> <p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>I will not read your fucking script<br />I won't discuss its plot reversals<br />I won't attend its cast rehearsals<br />I won't discuss its complication<br />I won't discuss its adumbrations<br />I won't discuss its camera angles<br />Its syntax I won't disentangle<br />I won't critique its denouement<br />Nor its hero's tragic flaw<br />My lips remain securely zipped<br />I will not read your fucking script</i></span></p> <p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>I will not read your fucking script<br />I will not read it as a lark<br />I will not read it in the dark<br />I will not read it on a drunk<br />I will not read it in a funk<br />I will not read it on a dare<br />I will not read it for a scare<br />Until they lay me in my crypt<br />I will not read your fucking script</i></span></p><p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">-</span></p><p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/GleeAct1.pdf"><br /></a></span></p><p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/GleeAct1.pdf">The first act (15 pgs) of a Glee spec</a> by Neil</span></p><p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/Mark%20Gerchak%20-%20Pgs.%201-15.pdf"><br /></a></span></p><p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/Mark%20Gerchak%20-%20Pgs.%201-15.pdf"><br /></a></span></p><p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/Mark%20Gerchak%20-%20Pgs.%201-15.pdf"><br /></a></span></p><p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/Mark%20Gerchak%20-%20Pgs.%201-15.pdf"><br /></a></span></p><p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/Mark%20Gerchak%20-%20Pgs.%201-15.pdf">The first 15 pages of a feature length</a> by Mark<br /></span></p><p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Meeting place same old 5:30 - 7:00 pm at 3.108 Communications Building at UT.<br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984930772985730047.post-19338957435443764812009-10-19T18:25:00.004-05:002009-10-19T18:31:38.714-05:00Submissions for This Week's Meeting (10/22/09)<span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">Hey all, so this week is poetry week at RIOT Ink. That means the first 30-45 minutes of the meeting will be a lecture and discussion of the more important moments in poetry from the 1500s all the way to contemporary times. Be ready for a Shakespeare sonnet and a Keats ode and the long lines of Whitman. I am very excited. We have four poems to workshop this week, two from Jennifer, one from Adam, and one from me. Write feedback and bring it to the meeting, which is in 3.108 in the Communications Building at UT, from 5:30-7:00PM.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">A </span><a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/Amador%26Ellen_Draft2.doc"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">prose poem</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"> by Jennifer</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/Street%20Hustle%5B1%5D.doc"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">Street Hustle</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"> by Jennifer</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/THE%20MOON%20IN%20THE%20WATER.doc"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">The Moon in the Water</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"> by Adam</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/laser%20guns.doc"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">laser guns</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"> by Ryan</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984930772985730047.post-70376702121881288742009-10-13T07:39:00.004-05:002009-10-13T07:48:43.297-05:00Submissions for This Week's Meeting (10/15/2009)<span style="font-size:85%;">Hey all, we have two submissions, a short story from Rachel and a short script from Mark. Please read them and write comments before the meeting, which is October 15, 2009 from 5:30pm to 7:00pm in the Communications Building, Room 3.108.<br /><br />A <a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/Happy%20fucking%20Christmas.doc">short story</a> by Rachel<br /><br />-<br /><br />A <a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/Script%20-%20Handmade%20Style.pdf">short script</a> by Mark</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984930772985730047.post-60347765251219641312009-10-05T17:38:00.003-05:002009-10-05T17:53:18.235-05:00Submissions for This Week's Meeting (10/8/2009)<span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">Hey all, I hope everyone had a great weekend, either rocking out at ACL or lounging around the house. I saw <em>Whip It</em> with Ellen Page at the Ritz and it was quite a delight. Especially since the movie is set in Austin (with the obligatory shots of South Congress, Daniel Johnston grafitti, the Alamo Ritz, and Waterloo Records). </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">We have four submissions for this week--one from Annie, one from Rachel, and two from Catie. Please read them before the meeting and have written feedback prepared. The new meeting place from now until the end of the semester is CMA A3.108. (The room is on the first floor you walk into when entering the Communications Building.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/The%20sound%20of%20rain.docx"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">Short fiction</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"> by Annie</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">-</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">A </span><a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/character%20idea.doc"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">character sketch</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"> by Rachel</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">-</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/Bite%20the%20Hand%20that%20Deceives.docx"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">Bite the Hand that Deceives</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"> and a </span><a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/The%20Hidden%20Element%20Exercise.docx"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">short exercise</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"> by Catie</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984930772985730047.post-48237894497713184862009-09-28T22:16:00.003-05:002009-09-28T22:25:27.127-05:00Submissions for This Week's Meeting (10/1/2009)<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hey all, two pieces for this week's meeting, which is Thursday 5:30pm-7:00pm in Burdine, room 134. Please write comments and bring them to the meeting so we can discuss.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />A <a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/The%20Explorer-%20R-WORD.doc">short story</a> (12pgs) from Sam</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />-</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/strange%20man%20doing%20yoga.doc">Flash fiction</a> (1pg) from Rachel</span><br /><br /><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984930772985730047.post-74590129050564453442009-09-25T10:11:00.001-05:002009-09-25T10:13:01.801-05:00UPDATE<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We have a room reservation! So no more loud Cafe Medici where some of you feel obligated to purchase somewhat expensive coffee. Every THURSDAY from 5:00pm until 7:00pm we have CMA A3.10, which is a room in the Communications Building on the main floor you walk into. HOWEVER, the next week's meeting will not be in that room because it was already reserved, so NEXT WEEK'S MEETING ONLY (Oct 1), we will meet in BUR 134.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Also, I realize that some of you have class during the first part of the meeting, so I apologize for the abruptness of last meeting. That won't happen anymore. Since the meeting ended early before Sam had a chance to get feedback from everyone, we are going to go over his piece next week in addition to the other submissions.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Submissions. Submissions. Submissions! I am glad that the submissions routine is working out, as well as the website. Please, if you have anything--whether it is new material or old material or a revision of something you submitted already--that you want people to look over, send it to the group email by Sunday at 6pm. I really want four or five pieces every meeting discussed.<br /><br />So, next week's meeting place and time: <span style="font-weight: bold;">5:30pm-7:00pm at BUR 134 on Thursday October 1, 2009</span><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984930772985730047.post-71481816161588756032009-09-21T17:21:00.007-05:002009-09-21T17:45:21.908-05:00Submissions for Next Meeting (9/24/2009)<span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">Hey everyone, we have two pieces of fiction this week to read. Please write comments and bring them to the meeting so we can discuss. Also, the meeting place and the meeting time are the same: 5:30-7:00pm at Cafe Medici, upstairs.<br /><br /><br /></span><a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/schiz.doc"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">Flash fiction</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"> (1pg)</span><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"> from Mark<br /><br />-<br /><br />A </span><a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/The%20Explorer-%20R-WORD.doc"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">short story</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"> (12pgs) from Sam</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984930772985730047.post-77644208381961596392009-09-15T17:49:00.006-05:002009-09-15T19:38:30.259-05:00Submissions for This Week's Meeting<span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >First Act of </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >Small Town Dick</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" > by Neil<br /><br />Synopsis from Neil:<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">"A recent college graduate moves back to his small texas home town. Without a job or any prospects, he becomes a private investigator, solving small town crimes with the help of his "quirky" (oh boy) family. It's CSI meets Northern Exposure.</span>"<br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><br /><a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/Small%20Town%20Dick%20Act%201.pdf">PDF DOWNLOAD (18pgs)</a><br /><br />-<br /><br />A poem by Adam<br /><br /><a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/rmm2262/Room%20poem.doc">MS WORD (1pg)</a><br /><br />Please write feedback and bring it to the meeting.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984930772985730047.post-2150198110789817432009-09-11T19:43:00.006-05:002009-09-11T20:32:17.322-05:00Update<span style="font-size:85%;">The first meeting went well. Thanks to everyone who attended and especially Catie who brought something to read on the first day. You definitely get a gold star.<br /><br />As it looks, the meeting time is going to remain 5:30PM to around 7PM on Thursdays. Though, I forgot to bring it up in the first meeting, so we can talk about it at the next one. I like Thursdays, but maybe a different day is better.<br /><br />Also, Cafe Medici is surprisingly distracting when we actually want to get things done. So I am looking to find a new place to hold meetings, preferably on campus in a room where we can hear everyone talk.<br /><br />But until I find the room we will be at Medici again for next week's meeting. So, everyone remember, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 at 5:30 PM at Cafe Medici. GO UPSTAIRS.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984930772985730047.post-77648001781958765042009-09-11T18:33:00.014-05:002009-09-12T14:13:10.200-05:00The Workshop<span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">Every Thursday from 5:30PM until around 7PM members meet to discuss their writing with other members in a workshop format. The value of a workshop is most entirely based on what people put into it. If everyone supplies work and thoughtful feedback, then the workshop succeeds. If nobody shows new work, or people don't read what other members are writing, then the workshop becomes less successful.<br /><br /><strong>RIOT Ink</strong> aims to make the workshop experience as efficient as it can be:<br /><br />Writers who have a new piece, which can be a first, second, or final draft--or just an idea that needs some brainstorming--submit their work to <strong>because (dot) words (at) gmail (dot) com</strong> BY 6PM ON SUNDAY. Anything submitted by 6PM on Sunday will be posted on the website for feedback and distributed for discussion during the week's meeting. Anything submitted after 6PM on Sunday will be distributed for the following week's meeting. If nobody submits anything by the deadline, then everyone at the meeting will read selected passages from <em>Twilight</em>. </span><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"><br />During the course of the week leading up to the meeting, members should read whatever has been posted on this website. Please WRITE your feedback out and BRING it to the meeting. While we are going to talk about the pieces, it really really helps the writer to have hard copies of what people think. If you cannot attend a meeting, then write your feedback as comments on the blog or email them to the group email and I will make sure they reach the writer. And when you write feedback, don't hold back. If something has problems, say so. However, you must give constructive criticism. Sharing work is hard and requires trust on both sides. Identifying problems isn't enough, also identify possible solutions. Don't say that something doesn't work for you. Say why it doesn't, then tell us what changes could be made to make it work. Remember members of RIOT Ink are commenting on your work, not on you. Use their criticism to become a better writer.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"><br />Since it is possible to feel artistically dry and uninspired, I will provide at the end of every meeting a prompt for people to write on if they choose. Given the range of genres that people write in, including poetry, fiction, and screenwriting, I will either have three different prompts or something that I think fits all three. The prompts are a tool to help get the ball rolling with writing.<br /><em></em><br />On meeting day, the workshop will follow this format:<br /><br />1. Introduction to the day, news and updates<br />-Things like money matters, reading times, litzine submission/publishing info, etc.<br /><br />2. I will hand out a couple pieces from published writers for the group to look at and talk about<br />-This is important so we can see how more seasoned writers work with words, how they execute concepts into a concrete piece</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">-Also, if anyone wants to provide an excerpt of fiction or a script or poem for this part, just email it to the group email.</span><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"><br /><br />3. We begin talking about the writing submitted for the week.<br />-I will distribute the piece to everyone so they have it in front of them.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">-Everyone but the writer will talk about the piece, thoughts, concerns, problems, compliments, etc.<br />-Then the writer will talk about the piece.<br />-Finally members will hand the writer their written feedback.<br /><br />4. Hand out prompts / close the meeting</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984930772985730047.post-30212843189551178072009-09-11T16:04:00.015-05:002009-09-11T19:20:31.978-05:00Introduction<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong>RIOT Ink</strong> is a group of dedicated writers.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">We are about the process, </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">about getting ideas on the page and executed.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">We are about language and the manipulation of words.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">We are about revision, </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">about constructing and breaking down, </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">about looking at pieces.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">We are about helping others experiment.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">-</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Every week <strong>RIOT Ink </strong>meets in a workshop environment where members of the group read and talk about writing they are working on and other group members give them feedback on concept and execution.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Aside from the weekly meetings, <strong>RIOT Ink</strong> releases litzines with selected work from a handful of writers, showcasing the talent of people within the group as well as others in the Austin writing scene. With the same goal of putting writers out into the community, we also host readings at various locations around the city.</span><br /><br />-<br /><br />This website serves a couple purposes:<br /><br />1. For members of the group to post their work, and for others to give feedback in the event they cannot attend a meeting.<br /><br />2. To relay information about group meetings and special events.<br /><br />-<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Go<em> <strong><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://riot-ink.blogspot.com/2009/09/workshop.html">here</a></span></strong></em><a href="http://riot-ink.blogspot.com/2009/09/workshop.html"> </a>for more specific information about the workshop and what happens at meetings.</span><br /><br />-<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Question and comments can be directed to our email: </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>because (dot) words (at) gmail (dot) com</strong><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0