Writers Only Have To Know These 5 Basic Voices - Jack Grapes

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Published 2021-04-06
Jack Grapes is an award-winning poet, playwright, actor, teacher, and the editor and publisher of ONTHEBUS, one of the top literary journals in the country. He has won several publishing grants and Fellowships in Literature from the National Endowment for the Arts. He's also received nine Artist-in- Residence Grants from the California Arts Council to teach writing in various schools throughout Los Angeles. He is the author of 13 books of poetry, including TREES, COFFEE, AND THE EYES OF DEER, and BREAKING DOWN THE SURFACE OF THE WORLD. A spoken-word CD, Pretend, was recently issued by DePaul University. He is also author of a chapbook of poems and paintings titled AND THE RUNNING FORM, NAKED, BLAKE. His most recent publication is LUCKY FINDS, a boxed set of 50 cards that extend and parody the dynamic artistic productions of high-modernist poets such as Ezra Pound and Charles Olson. For more information on Jack's classes, please visit: jackgrapes.com/classesgeneral-info

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All Comments (21)
  • 1) Straight Talk: Chit-chat. 2) Poetic style: Metaphors/ similes 3) Repetition: Biblical repetition (3xs), rhythmic beat of the story 4) Non-communicative language: stream of conscious, non-linear way of speaking (akin to modern art) 5) Your own voice.
  • The 5 voices : Chitchat ,coloquial , casual Poétic, ornate and metaphoric Repest things three times like preachers Non communicative writing , non linear, Inside abstract thinking..(drunk, mád, senile) Your own voice .
  • @_abracadabra
    1. The author's voice 2. Casual, conversational, mundane, chit-chatty 3. Flowery, ornate, poetic 4. Incantatory, rhetorical, spellbinding via repetition 5. Stream of consciousness What a cool framework. I'm going to play with the dice exercise. Thanks for posting this interview.
  • @meowpacino21692
    One of the reasons why I had quit film school was that the professors, specifically the ones that “taught” writing were just bitter old men who failed making it in the film industry. This dude however is very intelligent, humorous and well read and it must be incredible to attend one of his lectures.
  • @maxjones503
    Glad to hear Ludwig is doing well with his music.
  • @grammarsongs
    "The drama is in the tonalities you switch." Which he teaches in such a easy to understand manner. Wow. Thanks FILM COURAGE.
  • @Omnipusia
    I love the exitment on his face when he pulled out the cards, it touched me deeply - the way he is passionate about teaching, making his students "love it" as he said
  • @jonc12
    Such a genuine artist. You could tell by how he was showing off his cards how much pleasure he gets out of being a writer.
  • @whitebear224
    I just love this channel. It's so underrated. These are great stuff.
  • This is brilliant. I'm tired of hearing the same old writing advice. Love to hear ideas like this that I've never heard before.
  • Holy sh... This was one of those Film Courage videos that hit so hard they become responsible for completely changing how I write (there’s quite a few of those racking up 😅). Thank you for sharing this.
  • @lousy4892
    "The drama is in the tonalities." Mind blown.
  • @chumbageni1537
    I wasn't sure I heard him right when he casually just said "when Beethoven took my class"😁 Great way to crystallize the lesson!
  • @UteChewb
    Loved the Beethoven bit. I like this guy. Great insights. Thank you, Film Courage.
  • @kokoleka808
    We've all been taught and remember that conflict drives a storyline forward--but I must admit, I forgot that tonal dynamics is equally important in keeping the story compelling--music to one's ears as Jack vividly displayed in his analogy of teaching Beethoven how to compose.
  • @moralester
    I just love listening to masters talk about their craft with passion
  • @criticalbil1
    I was fascinated by how he spent several minutes describing rhetoric without using the word 'rhetoric.' 😂 The repetition he referred to is a rhetorical device.
  • @G-Blockster
    "The Story isn't where the drama is. The drama is in the tonality, the shift in tonal dynamics." Okay? And then he explained how he helped his star student with his music composition, and then the magic clicked.
  • oh this is one of THE ones...straight gem, omg!! i cant believe writing and music crossed paths this way, i will try this as well in my music, if its good enough for his young student ludwig its good enough for me
  • @AnyDayNow360
    I love this particular history lesson. Very natural flow and interesting perspective