Tag: Case Studies in Ascension

Cody Klippenstein #005: A gentle touch with personification…

Jul 23, 2013

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Ace Baker

in fancy footwork, fiction, novels, short stories, writing technique

Is it day five already? Our final day of looking at some of the writing technique Cody Klippenstein uses in “Case Studies in Ascension”? It’s gone by quickly. For today, I decided to end with a tool familiar to most every writer: personification. Let’s read the passage first: Neither Obaa-san nor I have been…
Cody Klippenstein #004: Long sentences for description…

Jul 22, 2013

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Ace Baker

in fancy footwork, fiction, novels, short stories, Uncategorized, writing technique

In the past three days, we’ve seen pathos, simplicity, soft sounds, euphony, hard sounds, cacophony, and connotation in Cody Klippenstein’s award-winning story, “Case Studies in Ascension.” Today, we’ll see another technique she makes use of that puts the reader THERE in the moment, visualizing what’s happening in the story. Here’s the example, first: I…
Cody Klippenstein #003: Connotation and cacophony!

Jul 21, 2013

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Ace Baker

in fancy footwork, fiction, novels, power punch, writing technique

Yesterday, we saw simplicity, softness, and single-syllable words in a romantic passage in Klippenstein’s “Case Studies in Ascension.” Today, we’re going to see the tougher side of this young, talented writer. While she may have used short, soft words to describe a loving moment, look what she does as we near the END…
Cody Klippenstein #002: Simplicity, softness, and single-syllable words

Jul 20, 2013

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Ace Baker

in fancy footwork, fiction, novels, short stories, writing technique

Before we get to today’s lesson, here are a few of the accolades for Cody Klippenstein and her work that I’m aware of: 2011 She’s a finalist for Malahat’s Open Season Awards 2011 She wins The Fiddlehead’s fiction contest 2011 She wins Prism International’s short story contest 2012 She wins Malahat’s Open Season Awards for…

Tag: Case Studies in Ascension

Cody Klippenstein #005: A gentle touch with personification…

Cody Klippenstein #004: Long sentences for description…

Cody Klippenstein #003: Connotation and cacophony!

Cody Klippenstein #002: Simplicity, softness, and single-syllable words