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Scratching the Surface - Adventures in Storytelling (Paperback)
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Scratching the Surface - Adventures in Storytelling (Paperback)
Series: Painted Turtle
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Scratching the Surface: Adventures in Storytelling is a deeply
personal and intimate memoir told through the lens of Harvey
Ovshinsky's lifetime of adventures as an urban enthusiast. He was
only seventeen when he started The Fifth Estate, one of the
country's oldest underground newspapers. Five years later, he
became one of the country's youngest news directors in commercial
radio at WABX-FM, Detroit's notorious progressive rock station.
Both jobs placed Ovshinsky directly in the bullseye of the nation's
tumultuous counterculture of the 1960s and 70s. When he became a
documentary director, Ovshinsky's dispatches from his hometown were
awarded broadcasting's highest honors, including a national Emmy, a
Peabody, and the American Film Institute's Robert M. Bennett Award
for Excellence. But this memoir is more than a boastful trip down
memory lane. It also doubles as a survival guide and an instruction
manual that speaks not only to the nature of and need for
storytelling but also and equally important, the pivotal role the
twin powers of endurance and resilience play in the creative
process. You don't have to be a writer, an artist, or even
especially creative to take the plunge, Ovshinsky reminds his
readers. ""You just have to feel strongly about something or have
something you need to get off your chest. And then find the courage
to scratch your own surface and share your good stuff with
others."" Above all, Ovshinsky is an educator, known for his
passionate support of and commitment to mentoring the next
generation of urban storytellers. When he wasn't teaching
screenwriting and documentary production in his popular workshops
and support groups, he taught undergraduate and graduate students
at Detroit's College for Creative Studies, Wayne State University,
Madonna University, and Washtenaw Community College. ""The thing
about Harvey,"" a colleague recalls in Scratching the Surface, ""is
that he treats his students like professionals and not like newbies
at all. His approach is to, in a very supportive and
non-threatening way, combine both introductory and advanced
storytelling in one fell swoop.
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