Writing – Hannah Frankman

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs as it Pertains to Fiction

by Hannah FrankmanLiterature, Writing May 13, 2019May 13, 2019No Comments

Alternate title: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, as it relates to fiction — because it does. It has a direct correlation to the interestingness of the stories you tell. Just as Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs dictates the things in life we find most compelling (or that carry the most emotional weight), so too does it dictate …

Writing Exercise Day 1

by Hannah FrankmanSketches, Writing March 1, 2018March 30, 2018No Comments

For the next ten days, I’m starting my daily writing with a warm-up exercise. I’ll randomly choose a passage from Steinbeck, Hemingway, or Babel, type it out (to internalize the language), analyze the style, and then mime it in my own vignette. Today’s Passage: “We slept, all six of us, beneath a wooden roof that …