A New Perspective in CRW3120

Part 1: Q: What's working in the draft and why do you feel that it's working? A: Sean's anger and intensity. I feel as though this is working because I tried getting into the character's mind before writing the dialogue and it came together pretty well in all honesty. Q: What needs improvement in the draft and why do you feel that it's not working? A: It feels slightly rushed, if only because I preferred to get to the action over anything else. That was the part of the story i came up with first and I could've worked that out a bit better. Q: What are the questions you'd like the workshop to address about the story? Or, what insights about how to revise after your workshop? A: I only have one question to ask. My Nature Writing professor told me that I should try to write out of my comfort zone occasionally, which is what I did with this piece. How did it come across? Menacing  or comical? Q: What is the plot of the story? What's the ma...

Post Workshop Answers: 1: Now that my story has been workshopped, I'm satisfied. Everyone gave me really good advice that'll surely help me perform a decent bit of surgery on it to improve it all in all. I know I personally didn't speak up much during classes (it changed towards the end more so because I've grown a lot more comfortable in this class and that's more than I can say for most courses I take because I never speak up) but I'll change that around and contribute more in the future. 2: The area I'm going to focus on more in my revisions have to do with the internal conflict, which was there but not completely in depth. There was far more I could've done with it but failed to do so with the first piece so now I've got a chance to improve it all. 3: Everything went well, I can't really name anything aside from the fact everything who spoke up gave me a ton to work with in terms of revision. Hopefully the same goes for workshop #2. Tha...

Magical Realism encapsulates real world situations that you'd expect in any type of genre such as action, comedy and drama, while also featuring hints of fantastical elements. What attracts me to this genre is that I can still write my favorite types of stories while also throwing in a little something extra, in this case magic, witchcraft and wizards or even little gnomes (even though Jesus sort of did something like that in his past story). As long as it doesn't deter the world into a fantasyland, that's all I need to make sure I don't do. I can't have my story take place in a magical dimension, it needs to have something relatable to it at least. The top three writers I'd considering choosing from for the next role-play would have to be- Alejo Carpentier Franz Kafka Toni Morrison The reason I chose Carpentier pretty much stems from his background. A Cuban, he had the time for his writing and the time for getting involved in other major events, such as ...

"One of the aspects of short stories I value the most is the ability to relate so much detail into a piece of writing that says more than meets the eye. You read the a short story, it only takes a few minutes, yet if you're able to get the readers to connect to the character's, immerse them into the setting and settle themselves into the tension, then I believe you have mastered a short story. And with the subjects I tend to write, take lesbianism and feminism for example, why be blunt when you can make the readers interpret what your putting across, using metaphors that shouldn't correspond with the subject matter yet manage to weave themselves quite nicely. "Dumpling Child," is a short ditty of mine that has the initial impression of being about a child who has a tendency to indulge themselves in the savory taste of dumplings, when it's truly about likening lesbian sex to different types of foods. Some may pick up on this aspect, others may not, it...

Part I Jason (POV) A) This shouldn't be happening, I thought as I made my way to the bedroom door. I glimpsed at my wife, Kathy, still fast asleep. She had no idea the predicament I was in, and what I was planning to do about it. I called Todd shortly after I woke up around 5. Everything me, him and the others were getting ready to do would take some time. It probably wouldn't be until the afternoon when most of this came to fruition. This was all we could do, we had to get rid of that damn jewel. It's psychedelic trance held more power over us than we could imagine. The way it affected us clearly had the intentions of destroying our minds. I soon went down the stairs and out the front door. B) I chose third person point of view for a good amount of reasons. I prefer writing about my characters than being them, especially when I have a decent number of characters in one scene. I'm used to writing this way and it just feels more natural as well. In regards to writing...

Part I: 1: I feel as though the characters drive the story, the way I prefer it to be when it comes to my own writing. I think the description, as a background element, helps bring a sense of mysticism and curiosity. Like most of my writings, well poems more than stories, this story is purposefully vague. 2: I feel as though I can expand on it in general. There's certain parts that need to be elaborated on and the like. 3: I just want to get everyone's opinion on what worked or what did not work. All feedback is vital in my opinion. I don't have any set questions, just give me your all. 4: The guys all know the sapphire has negative attributes. They all agree they have to get rid of it before it affects them. 5: The draft is challenging my writing by enabling me to come up with new stories. When you're so focused on writing something else (my own novel) you don't want to be sidetracked by any other types of writing. Even if the five characters in this story are...