Creative Writing Post III

1. I thought writing the play was a fun activity. It was definitely time consuming and took a lot of thought but overall the play writing went well. I found it especially hard to finish the play. I had five pages of the play, the required page amount, and I was about to finish the play, but it was hard to have a finish that is so short. I ended up setting up the ending in another five pages and wrapped it all up in the last page. That's what I found most difficult, was showing the reader the thoughts in which the writer really wants to convey.

2. If I could give advice to someone, it would be to a five year old. I would say to him, now don't people walk all over you. And then he probably would say, what does that mean? I would respond, well it means, don't let people use you for their own pleasures. You [five year old] must be able to stand a lone and be perfectly fine. Then the little five year old would try to take it to heart, but since he is only five years old wouldn't remember it much. Another piece of advice I would give him would be about humility. I would tell him to not think of himself as "superior" than others. Even though he may be better at certain things than them, he should still stay humble and know that people have their own talents. He then would try to take that advice to heart. Then the five year old would ask for a piece of candy, and I would give him a kit-kat.

3. Well I think that great works of literature last because of their relevance to the time period they were written in. For example, The Aeneid by Vergil has a ton of alliterations to events during Augustus's ruling time, that it would be almost impossible to count. Also that he wrote it all in poetic form is quite impressive. I also think that a good story lasts a long time. Like Lord of the Rings. It is essentially a whole new world that was made by Mr. Tolkein. These stories and relevance to the time is what sticks to people. I would most likely never be able to write a great piece of literature, although there is a sliver of hope for a chance to write a great piece of literature, but highly improbable.

Creative Wrirting II

1. Theme is important to a piece of writing because it is what give the story meaning. It sets what the story line will be about, it influences where and when the story takes place and what type of characters are present in the story. A great piece of writing does need to express and idea to the reader, otherwise it seems like the story has almost no point at all. For example, if the story of The Aeneid didn't portray as many points as it does, then the book would be pretty dull because all of the events that influence the theme would be taken out. In return the book would be very boring the reader couldn't think about or ponder what the book actually means.

2. The theme of my play could be Epic Battles. It is important to me because I tend to fight epic battles everyday, whether it be mentally, maybe physically(usually not) or within a relationship. I also think that epic battles portray an underlying theme of fighting for what you believe in. I think that is important because if there is nothing to fight for, then life seems much more dull. One thing that might be misunderstood is that Epic Battles are a bad thing, but I view them as a wonderful thing. Luckily in these epic battles no one gets killed. In most epic battles througout life people usually learn things. For example, in Lord of the Rings, Aragorn had to fight an epic battle against a bunch of orcs. Besides winning the battle, he learned he had to take his rightful spot as king of Gondor. This can translate to real life, but without the killing of orcs.

3. A conflict that could appear in my play would be the epic battle of surviving in the world today. One story that I've experienced could be the main conflict for this play. Sang Li is a sixty year old man who has had many epic battles and learned many things through them. I will just talk about one epic battle he experienced and that was his journey to America. After leaving Vietnam during the Vietnam War he had to come to America and try to make a living. This alone is an epic battle in itself. He had some conflicts, he barely could speak english (if any at all) and he didn't know how the American economy had worked. His epic battle was still under way when I met him at place called R.E.S.T. He learned to be patient and also taught me to patient with others in the short time I met him. This bit of an epic battle could be a conflict and part of a resolution to the problem.

Creative Writing Questions I

1. Reading for a writer is like listening to music for a musician. Reading is important because it gives writers ideas for their own stories, the writers enjoy reading stories and it can bring about new styles of writing to writers. Writers throughout the ages haven't always come up with completely new ideas. For example, West Side Story is the story about Romeo and Juliet except it has gangs that dance around and sing to eachother and pretend to fight. The author of West Side Story must've read Shakspeare in order to come up with that plot. Also like music, writers like reading stories. A musician likes to listen to different styles of music and enjoys the music because they know so much about music. The same goes for writers, they like to read for enjoyement because they know the writing aspect so well.

2. Something that I see in the world that conerns me is the amount of stubborness in people. Especially when someone does something wrong to another. Essentially that is what drama, especially the "high school" drama is all about. Someone says something, and they are so stubborn they do not take responsibility for what they do. Instead they stick by their comment and stubbornly try to defend it and avoid the problem. This only leads to tears in friendships and relationships.

3. One piece of writing that inspired me was the book Redwall. At first i thought it was kind of weird because it is about a mouse warrior who goes and finds a legendary sword and saves the abby. It really stuck to me because it was a simple adventure book but done is such a magnificant way. It contributes all different aspects of a true adventure story into it. There is a bad guy, a good guy, a superior weapons of some sort and a final showdown. And best of all, it wasn't farfechted (besides the fact that it was animals instead of humans). And I thought the idea was really cool, to have all the different types of animals who have certain attributes do certain tasks. Overall it was well put together.