Creative Writing III

1. It was quite interesting and different writing a play rather than a normal story. It's entirely weird to leave out exactly what the actors are doing to allow for them to add their own stuff. At times it is hard to have the characters describing the conflicts and situations instead of explaining it with a narrator or the like. I don't think I attempt to write any sort of drama writing in the near future.

2. I would say to live and do all of the fun things while you are young. Don't worry about the little things while growing up and go out on adventures because when you are older you are expected to behave like an adult and not do any of the fun stuff. Doing fun stuff doesn't include drugs though because they can really mess people up. On top of that always give it your all. Thats basically my advice and I give it because there is some stuff I would have liked to do but at this age it may seem weird or I may be held more responsible for it.

3. Great literature lasts so long because it is epic or it brought about a revolution in writing. It tells of great adventure or does something that is against the current times. It is so well thought out and different from the general writing that was taking place when it was written that it stands and changes the trend in writing. Personally I do not think that I will ever write something that will be remembered through the ages unless it is some discovery about math or science. This is because I am not very artistically inclined and focus more on my math and science skills.

Creative Writing II.

1. Theme is what a story is wrote for and although the story contributes it is not the reason of the writing. It is the theme that a story describes that is the focus of the writing. A story that does not have a theme is uninteresting and loses the attention of the reader as it does not seem to be going in any specific direction or convey any idea. An example of this is the book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. If Narnia was never freed from the witch, then it would never have its theme of having freedom prevail. This would make the story much less interesting as the theme is not present. The story would have been told for nought and would have been unliked by the readers. Thus a work of writing needs to have a theme about it.

2. A theme that I am thinking about conveying through my play is the need for people to take care of themselves and take responsibility for their actions. The government places so many restrictions on citizens that it is beginning to take away our freedom. An example of this is wearing a seatbelt while driving a car. I know that it is a good idea to wear a seat belt for my own safety but I dislike that I can be punished for not wearing it. It is my own life in harms way and it would be my own stupid fault if I died from it. This "protection" from the government is making our country oblivious to what is and is not stupid to do. In essence these types of laws are making the general population more and more stupid.

3. A conflict that I might put in my play is a woman that burns her mouth on a hot cup of coffee and sues the company that served the coffee because they did not have a warning on the cup. She gets a large sum of money and puts the company out of business. The employees are now jobless and near broke. Her son does not think this is right and has a big arguement with his mother about the fact and disowns her.

Creative Writing Questions I.

1. Reading is important to a writer because it is what they write for. Writers need to read so that they know what their competition is such as in a magazine writer. If they don't know what other magazines are publishing then they can't make their own unique and interesting piece of writing. People don't enjoy reading the same sort of things over and over again. Reading also provides a mean for a writer to gather knowledge. This expands the writer's thoughts and perhaps could change his mind on subjects and enlighten him to what is happening in the rest of the world.

2. The disconcern of the environment by people deeply concerns me. With global warming and the like, people are destroying the world slowly but surely. If we do not step up and clean the oceans and air, the world will not be able to support life any longer. I feel this way because we are killing all of the wonderful things around us that have taken millions of years to get to where they are at.

3. A book that has inspired me is Dune by Frank Herbert. It is about a boy that with his mothers help rises from being a fugitive to becoming the leader of a nomadic nation. His persistence and hard work has inspired me and taught me that with those characteristics it may be possible to get anywhere in the world. It has also inspired me to look at the bigger consequences that my actions may take and to factor them into my decisions. Although this is a work of fiction it does give these messages to the reader and makes them think about how it may affect their lives.