A New Perspective in CRW3120

"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...

Part I: 1: "Go to Philly, best brew I've tasted in all my life. Most refreshing thing I've ever tried." "Erik, tell me about that brewery in Philly." "Yuengling is the goat, that's all I have to say." "Wait a minute, Chase, now that I have you here, what did I just watch?" "You mean that YouTube video I sent you over Facebook?" "Yeah." "Oh yeah, I knew you'd like it." "Nah man, that shit was weird as hell." "Again, I knew you'd like it." 2: "Don't make this scenario a soap opera, tell me now. Is she my child or not?" "Yes she's yours, obviously. I can't believe you'd have the audacity to even question me like this." "Oh yeah? Well why don't you hear me out. She looks nothing like me. Who the hell has redhead in our family? You're a brunette, I'm a brunette. There's no redheads in either of our families....

Part 1: Creating characters is my favorite part of constructing a story so I'm going to go out on a limb and answer all of the prompts in this post... The characters I typically write about are young adults, between the ages of 20 and 30. I'm drawn to these characters for a couple of reasons. First of all, I can relate to them easily, considering I'm in this age range. The novel I've been working on has the majority of the character's in their early twenties for example. And at the same time most of the writing's I work on are focused towards this demographic (as well as older teenagers). When it comes to the development of my characters, I wouldn't say there is anything underdeveloped about them. You might find that rather arrogant, but I'm being entirely serious. On my laptop I have several character personality charts for every one of them, and I've planned them out to a tee. I know their favorite colors, favorite music, their extended family, ...

Without doing any research, all I know about my role-play author is nothing at all. I chose Dorothy Allison for the reason being I've never heard of her, so I thought it'd be a stellar idea to learn more about her and her writing style. As for her work, I also don't know of anything right off the bat so this'll be an experience. Having this reflection blog to look back upon as I work on my creative fiction for this class is kind of cool. With the novel I'm currently working on, all I have is a journal (a story bible if you will) that details every single character, setting and much more. I've never actually reflected, in writing, on my own works in this type of way so I'm looking forward to reading it all once this class comes to an end. What I'm hoping to gain is a better look at how my writing technique develops from this class. I want to be the best writer I can ultimately become and while I'll never be a perfect writer, that doesn't mean I ...