1. We’ve done a lot of writing in
this class, and looking back on pieces I had forgotten I’ve wrote, I realize
just how much we did. I think one of my favorites is End of Summer. It’s about a coastal community with people who are
too preoccupied with what’s going on in their lives to take time to notice even
bigger things, in this case, a large wave about to destroy their
neighborhood. Another piece I did after
that, called Broken Promises, is another
I like. It’s odd and creepy, and makes you wonder what’s wrong with some
people, but to me, it’s just more of an interesting story. I think my favorite
is This is, where I write about me
and my dog I’ve had since I was little. Reading it makes me think of being younger
and having a new puppy to spend all day playing with. Twelve/Two was one of the more creative posts I’ve done, but it
took quite a bit longer than I expected. Trying to narrow down places and
people was more difficult than I thought. After I finished it, I thought about
changing a few things because I liked another option better, but I feel like it
would lose something by changing it now.
2. One piece I’ve read this quarter
was Trevor’s piece called; We all live in
a Yellow Submarine. It is also a pretty creepy story, but it was well
written and really makes you think. Not about if it happened to you, but how
there are people who are so odd in this world that it shouldn’t come as a huge
shock if it happened in real life, although getting the submarine would be a
difficult task. One I really like was
Natalie’s post If… She writes about
what makes your day, and where you can find random acts of kindness. She has
tipping someone, a sincere compliment and including others when they would be
left out, and also has pictures people have taken of random acts of kindness.
3. I think using the blog was an
interesting idea. It’s nice to see other people’s ideas posted out in the open,
especially Allison’s, because she didn’t want anyone to see hers. I think it
has made me a little more open, usually everything is just to myself, but now
there’re people who can read my blog from anywhere. My blog name isn’t very
creative, it’s just my name, but I’m not the kind of person who can think of
clever titles, unfortunately. I think most of the people who read it were
students, but I’ve also seen people from other countries that have come across
it, but I doubt they read any of it. (If they have, I’d like to apologize to
the Brits who may have seen my post on the stereotypical British family, all in
fun, nothing serious.) I don’t know if I will use the blog in the future,
unless I get a sudden influx of people who constantly want new stories, I doubt
I’ll use it much again.
4. All sorts of things are kept in my
journal. Short stories, long stories and drafts of works I’ve then put on the
blog. I don’t think anyone would want to read it; it’s sort of a big assortment
of all sorts of writing, a lot of which I don’t really want people to see
because in my mind it sounds stupid. I think I may continue with the journal,
if I find I have something meaningful to write about.
6. A quiet man, a mysterious man, a man of little notoriety. In
the quiet town, he remains a silent witness to all goings on. He sees
everything, he knows everything, but no one knows him. At the crack of dawn
when the dew is fresh, he is there. At noon when people go out to lunch, he is
there. At night when the town drifts into sleep, he is there. He knows of the
dangers of the outside world, shading the town from them. He knows the thoughts
of the common working man. He is the all-knowing figure that looks over the
town. The man of mystery, but also the man of protection.
That
was a post from Mystery Man, I liked
the post, and I thought it flowed really well.
5. In a tidal wave of mystery, didn’t know I was lost. They say
I’m caught up in a dream. They tell me I’m too young to understand. Don you
ever say I just walked away. You could be my luck, and now, you’re not coming
down. I know that we’ll be safe and sound, even if the sky is falling down. We’re
safe and sound.
I thought this was an interesting post, because it’s a combination
of song lyrics that make a
poem. It was an original idea and I thought it was done fairly
well.
7. I don’t know what creative writing I’ll do in the
future. I guess whatever things I can
think of, I’ll just write. I think it’s a good exercise for your brain; it
makes you think on your feet and do something out of the box. A lot of the writing
we do in most classes is boring; it’s all the same type of thing. It’s writing
a paper based on facts or experiments or something dull, but this is a more
open ended type of writing, where you do whatever you want.
8. Much of the writing that I’ve seen this semester has been
very good, and I think on at least one post, everyone did really well. I don’t
have a lot of advice I can give, except to the people who enjoyed this class
and did well should continue with it if it’s something they had fun with.
