Fiction Packet

I liked the fiction packet, i thought it was interesting, i found it to be very descriptive. I found A House of My Own to be very interesting. this is because if was so short yet descriptive enough to understand what the writer wanted to say.

I found the very last line to stand out the most. it was  expressing how the author imagined there house to be.  it stated "Only a house quiet as snow , a space for myself to go, clean as paper before the poem" i can fathom the author's idea clearly.

with that being said, i found all of the fiction stories to be nice. I felt as though i connected more with A House of my own. i felt as though me and the author shared similar desires. this is why i connected more to this poem. .

Lamott

I found the Lamott packet to being interesting. I liked in the beginning how he said 'writing a first draft is very much like watching a Polaroid develop'. I like how he used that as a metaphor. It really showed how first draft may come out any way. You can control a first draft, it can be what ever you desire.

Also, Lamott explained that the you should know your characters very well in order to develop a Polaroid the way that you want it to be. You want to give full details of your character. Every little detail counts. Anything from the way that they stand to the way that they smell.

The plot of your story is also very important. The purpose of the plot is to make the story sound really  good and to have the readers wanting more. But still. According to Lamott , he prefers that the characters be the most important in a story. He says 'focus on character'.

Creative Writing Blog

I found last week's class to be very interesting. i liked how we started off with sharing out poems with one another in a small group of people. it really helped me to build confidence slowly but surely.

I believe that this week's class period would be better becuase we are going to have to have the whole class evaluate our poem. Due to the workshop of last week, i am sure that i would be more at ease this week.

For my poem choice, i chose something simple to share with the class. I like simple. Simple best describes me all of the way. When i write i tent to make it short and simple. I think that i do this in fear if my writing being too much and or drifting off topic.

Highlighted Terms

In regards to the terms that were listed in the syllabus. I happen to find a poem that had a line related to simile poems. the poem was from the poetry packet and it was from the last poem from the bottom. It is called Geology of water. The line say "a man made out of water whose words arise like bubbles".

I chose this line because it was a perfect exam of a Simile poem. I think that i would have to say that i like simile poems the most because i like the idea of using metaphors. I think that the act of using metaphors makes the poems much more interesting.

Although Haiku Poems wernt mentioned in the terms, i like those too. I like haiku poems because they are of nature. You can write a poem of what you see nature as. There is really no dead end and you could just keep going on and on when it comes to the kind of poems.