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Tanked: A Novella

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TANKED is a novella set in a futuristic world in which fish have become the dominant species and humans are kept in bowls of air. This story follows five children (8-16 years old) on their escape attempt to find the Land Above. While light hearted in nature for the target…

TANKED is a novella set in a futuristic world in which fish have become the dominant species and humans are kept in bowls of air. This story follows five children (8-16 years old) on their escape attempt to find the Land Above. While light hearted in nature for the target audience of about 4th grade, the story does cover a variety of themes including religion, perseverance, and climate change. The sibling pair that serves as the two main characters work as a foil between the two ideals of this journey. The younger, Goldie, represents hope and is always optimistic about the escape working while the elder, Swimmy, deems herself as more of a “realist” and often points out the slim likelihood of the events working out in their favor. The strengths of this piece largely involve the characters and their dialogue while a weakness is the scenery descriptions and where the story ends. This story is not over, but instead will one day have a part two. Some difficulties encountered in this piece included the scale of the humans to the fish in scenes like the one in which the group rides the back of a dolphin as well as setting up the world in which people could accept this new world as a futuristic earth. Both of these issues were worked on, but can still persist in some readings of the novella. This project will be worked on in the future to adapt it into a screenplay to accentuate the strengths of the piece and complete the story.

ContributorsSnider, Natasha Rayne (Author) / Amparano Garcia, Julie (Thesis director) / LaCroix, Kristen (Committee member) / School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences (Contributor, Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)

Created2019-05

The Art of the Novella

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For this Creative Project, I decided to explore the elements that set novellas apart from other genres and then experiment writing in the form. In doing so, I took into account three main categories: Plot Structure, Character Development, Style/Format, and then used my findings to write 45 pages of a…

For this Creative Project, I decided to explore the elements that set novellas apart from other genres and then experiment writing in the form. In doing so, I took into account three main categories: Plot Structure, Character Development, Style/Format, and then used my findings to write 45 pages of a novella titled Emmy and Me.

ContributorsBingham, Roxanne Marie (Author) / Irish, Jennifer (Thesis director) / Danielson, Jonathan (Committee member) / Department of English (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)

Created2021-05

The Arrow: A Novella

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A novella combining fantasy and romance with art history and mythology that touches on themes of love, power, fate, religion, and hidden identities. Venus forces her son Cupid or "Beau" to make people fall in love by pricking them with a ring full of blessed myrtle…

A novella combining fantasy and romance with art history and mythology that touches on themes of love, power, fate, religion, and hidden identities. Venus forces her son Cupid or "Beau" to make people fall in love by pricking them with a ring full of blessed myrtle oil. Beau dreams of being free from Venus's control and having a love story of his own, but he is emotionally guarded to prevent himself from becoming attached to the people he "falls." Eloise Rose Nightingale is a hopeless romantic who lives in an apartment with her best friend, Leo. She works as a dramaturg at Palais Garnier. Beau encounters Eloise, and, angry with Venus, decides to pursue her. But Venus is a powerful goddess unwilling to relinquish control of her son. She will force Beau to question: what is worth risking for the chance of true love?

ContributorsMarkussen, Annelise (Author) / Soares, Rebecca (Thesis director) / LaCroix-McDaniel, Kristin (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)

Created2024-05

Writing a Novella Focusing on Placemaking at Arizona State University's Tempe Campus

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“The Garden and Her Secrets” is a young adult novella focused on creating a fantastical world using ASU buildings as inspiration for the key landmarks in this magical landscape. The story centers around a giftless woman, Fiona, striving to make herself extraordinary by breaking hundreds of years of rules and…

“The Garden and Her Secrets” is a young adult novella focused on creating a fantastical world using ASU buildings as inspiration for the key landmarks in this magical landscape. The story centers around a giftless woman, Fiona, striving to make herself extraordinary by breaking hundreds of years of rules and wielding the musical talent of Belle, the unmagical woman who plays at the local piano bar. Fiona’s quest for both love and unlove means finding where the Secret Garden is hiding within her university, the Philomathian, and exploring her newfound feelings for Belle. Should the Secret Garden choose to remove her hood, there are certainly gifts to be had and secrets to rebury.

ContributorsTobin, Grace (Author) / Jakubczak, Laura (Thesis director) / McNally, T. M. (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of International Letters and Cultures (Contributor) / Department of English (Contributor)

Created2022-05