“Dear Quiet One…”
When she first enrolled, Shelby Doolity noted what she hoped to achieve in summative elective, Friday Night Lights.: “I want to think more critically about what I’m watching instead of allowing the mind-numbness of entertainment for entertainment’s sake take hold.” Launching her final project, she explained how she would achieve that ambition to feel more deeply and think more critically:
“I want to write ‘letters’ to about ten of the characters I found most impactful within the show. I plan to pick a word/phrase for each in order to title the letter. As opposed to saying ‘Dear Matt,’ I’ll address him with something like ‘Dear Quiet One.’ I am inspired by Mary Louise Parker’s book, Dear Mr. You, and I practiced a lot of this sort of writing in my Creative Nonfiction class.”
Read Shelby Doolity’s letters-to-Friday Night-Lights-characters.