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Unit 1V Meeting Introduction A meeting is a place were two or more people assemble together to discuss. Before Meeting Be prepared before the meeting begins. Four things to be done before meeting, ·        Send invites in advance ·        Distribute an agenda ·        Reserve Meeting space ·        Briefing on the status of project. During Meeting Steps to conduct a successful meeting. ·        Review agenda – review the aim and purpose of the meeting. ·        Keep discussion focused on agenda. ·        Agree an action plan ·        Evaluate meeting – Try to do a brief evaluation. After the Meeting ·        Share all meeting documentation with the participants. ·        Ask for...

Misery -        Anton Chekov Anton Chekov is a Russian short story writer, humourist and a realist. His stories are concerned about the plight of human life. His characters are drawn from real life. His short story Misery or Lament depicts the life of a sledge-driver. Iona Potapov, a sledge driver encounters lack of sympathy, kindness, warmth and friendship. The old sledge-driver faces the misery of cold weather, the misery of poverty, misery of losing his young son and the misery of not having anyone to share his feelings. Iona spends an entire evening among the crowded streets. “Big flakes of wet snow are whirling lazily about the street lamps, which have just been lighted, and lying in a thin soft layer on the roofs, horses’ backs, shoulders, caps.”  He is unable to share or communicate his thoughts to people. The first customer for the sledge-driver is a man in military uniform. The customer was not ready to listen t...

The Errors of Santa Claus -         Stephen Leacock Stephen Leacock is a humourist, author and a short story writer. He is a Canadian author who is celebrated for his humour and delicate satire. The Errors of Santa Claus is a part of his collection titled “Frenzied Fiction” (1918). This story mocks at the modern world of fashion of gifting during Christmas. At recent times gifting has become fashionable. The season of Christmas has become the season of shopping. This short story depicts the misconceptions parent root in the mind of children. The story revolves around two families, namely the Browns and the Jones. Both the families celebrate Christmas together by exchanging gifts. In the dinning room Jones and Browns discusses about the gift they have purchased for their children. Jones has bought an automatic train for his son. Brown claims that he will gift his son Edwin an aeroplane. Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Jones are discussin...

School for Scandal                            - Richard Brinsley Sheridan. The School for Scandal is a play written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. This play was performed at Dury Lane Theatre in the year 1777. It is one of the greatest comedies of manners in English. Gossiping is  major theme in School for Scandal. In this play Sheridan explores the artifice and superficiality of the upper class English people of 18 th century. Joseph Surface the brother of Charles Surface pretends to be morally good. He tries to spoil the reputation of his brother. Both the brothers desire to marry Maria, who is a wealthy ward of Peter Teazle. Peter Teazle is disgust about the immodest nature of Charles. He wants his ward to marry Joseph Surface. Joseph surface and lady Sneerwell circulate false stories to exploit the reputation of Charles. Sneerwell spreads a false story stating that Charles is in love wit...

Writing Novel A novel is a fictional story which reflects the life of people. A novel writer creates fictional or imaginary characters and explores great themes in his novel. Some of the themes identified by a novelists are betrayal, love, revenge, loneliness, self-discovery.  Three essential things to write a novel are ·                  Imagination ·                  Craftsmanship ·                  Determination The basic structure of a novel is conflict or struggle. A novel decries the frailities and weakness of people. It doesn’t talk about happy and contended people. Angus Wilson claims “The impulse to write a novel comes from a momentary unified vision of life”. A fictional writer shapes his bitte...

Script Writer Writing a script is a unique role in the world of drama. This unique role is performed by Scriptwriters who write and develop screenplays for film or TV drama. They are  talented people in creating  characters, dialogue and writing  plot. They collaborate with producers, directors and actors to draft and redraft their script.. A Scriptwriter is accountable for explaining the story in detail with the things happening around the character. They write alone to develop their scripts. These writers are solitary creators who enjoys artistic freedom to express their thoughts and ideas. To write plays, a script writer must consider the limited staging area and the fact that most of the story is told in dialog.  Alfred Hitchcock said,           “To make a great film you need three things — the script, the script, and the script.” A script writer is a keen observer of mankind. He pays great atten...

At the Church Door -         Guy De Maupassant Guy De Maupassant is a prolific French Writer. He was influenced by a French writer Flaubert. His short story “At the Church Door” reflects real life and real people. This story is about a worried couple who have lost their son 20yrs before. The theme of this story is parent love for their children. The story centers around a Wheelwright and his wife. Both are looking for a peaceful and happy life. The only comfort is Jean, their son. Jean was born to them after a long period. Their life gets scattered when they discover their son missing at the age of five. Unable to bear the loss of their son both gathered all their wealth and went in search of him. They travelled to different places for around twenty years in search of Jean. Hearing to the advice of an innkeeper both travel to the crowded city, Paris.  They often stood in front of a church door. The Parish priest appoin...

Assignment Important mantra to write Assignment is to “start and start early”. ·        Plan your Assignment First. ·        Analyse the given topic. ·        Look regarding your topic. ·        Draft an outline for your assignment. ·        Collect information regarding your topic. ·        Write rough draft and revise. ·        Completing your assignment edit and proof read. ·        Gain knowledge about the topic. ·        Enhance research skill. Pre-write process Prewriting is preparation process that you can complete before you actually write your paper, essay or summary. It helps you to ·        Or...

The Lamp at the Noon -        Sinclair Ross “ The Lamp at Noon" is a short story  written by Sinclair Ross which depicts the struggle of a family to survive in the Canadian landscape. Survival is the main theme in this story. Canadian writer Margaret Atwood in her work,“ Survival ” describes the hostile nature of Canadian landscape. Ross in this story focuses on the issue a family has to face as they fight against their own beliefs as well as the harsh nature surrounding theme. This story takes place during "Dust Bowl ”. The winds were too severe and the farmers had to abandon their lands.   This is the setting for the story. They face a great trouble in this dust region. Ellen, wife of Paul live in a bleak and dark atmosphere with a baby. Their life is in misery as it is revolving around dust, wind and drought. Ellen’s life is put in trouble after marriage. Her past was comfortable and happy. Her father own...

Play Writing                    “ A play is basically a mean of spending two hours in the dark without being bored” -         Kenneth Tynan Mastery of life and talent using words equip a person to be a great playwright. There are two essential things for a play. ·       Action ·       Emotion The paly is a play on human action and an arousal of human emotions.                   “ I want my audience to feel they can go home and think” -              John Osborne. Theatre is a temple where an audience comes to have a dip in the emotional experience and goes back refreshed. Ingredients for a play: ·    ...

Script Writing Scripting , or writing a script , is a very important piece to the multimedia production process. Similar to preparing for a presentation, scripting helps you to organize your thoughts, determine what you want to convey and create a flow for your narration. It is the process of writing stories in the screenplay medium. Script writing is writing down the movement, actions, expression and dialogue of the characters in screenplay format. The process of writing a novel, a poem, or essay, is entirely different than script writing. In order to express yourself effectively for the screen, particular formatting methods are required. Screenplay format is used to express the story visually. Scriptwriters or screenwriters write for film, television, video games, and now even online web series. Script writing can be done for hire or on speculation in hopes to sell their screenplay or find an agent. Emergence of scriptwriting started way back in Greek cultures where theatrical...