I would definitely say I have grown as a creative writer. I have never taken a course like this. This class taught me how to think outside the box. It was fun taking scenarios from my life and turning it, into truly creative stories. Most of my pieces of writing were about a memorable moment in my past life so it was fun to reminisce about my childhood and collaborate with my family to help me write my pieces. The pieces that I wrote are really different from my writings because I'm used to writing academic papers. The papers I right are not personal or based on me. It's more about researching entering the information you found into your own words. The only thing I found challenging was making my pieces more descriptive. It was hard to really try to paint a visual image for the readers. I was great at creating good dialogue. My favorite piece I read was "Angela's ashes" by Frank Mc court. It was very interesting and I love reading about the family and the struggles they were going through. It was real life and it showed that it could be relatable to others.
This a snippet from my "Memoir piece"
"As I walked toward with the principal to get my diploma, there was a lot of clapping going on and all my classmates and friends were screaming my name. One particular voice stood out for me though. As I got to the middle of the stage I heard, "You did M&m". I looked out to where my parents were sitting and I saw my brother right beside them. I started crying out of happiness at the sight of him, and finally realizing that today I really had accomplished a big goal by graduating. I don't know how he did it I was just so glad he made it. He has yet to let me down. We are still close now and I hope it stays like this forever."
Thursday, November 27, 2014
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Blog assignment # 6
Narrative.ly/twins/confessions-of-an-unhappy-young- mom.com
Confessions of an unhappy young man
"Then I had the twins.And my life fell apart"
This profile was about a woman name Meredith Bland who is a mother of twins. Her life is really stressful right now. She is going through post partum depression. It's hard for her to balance her life with the twins strange sleeping and eating habits. She feels alone because her husband went back to work two weeks after the kids were born. So she is a little sensitive and overwhelmed dealing with everything by herself. Something I found interesting is the fact that she talked about how much of a struggle it was to even get pregnant and carry the baby full term, but when she had twins she became depressed. I would assume after all the miscarriges and all the money she invested in "IVF" she would be beyond excited that she got not one blessing but two. I think the journalist chose to write about this piece to show real life situations that can easily happen with any female after having a child. She gave us insight on how stressful it was but to show us in the end how she was able to overcome it and find happiness in having twins.
"Twins ? That must be so much fun," she chirps.
"I want to beat her to death with the twins Sophie the Giraffe teethers."
This quote gave us a real life feeling of what she was going through when she would take the twins out and people would stare and smile and compliment them. In her mind at that time it was annoying. All she could think about was how difficult it is taking care of them at the same time. The fact that they gave a hard time to eat when she would try to breastfeed them and how they sleep little and wake up with the slightest noise.
I really enjoyed reading this profile. It was written in a way that she helped you visualize exactly what she was going through. The story seemed relatable even if you may not have gone through this exact situation. It is similar and comparable to other situations. For example, if you really wanted something but when you got it you almost felt like you regret getting it but then you decide to see the good with it and make the best out of it. This profile was written so clearly and creatively.
Confessions of an unhappy young man
"Then I had the twins.And my life fell apart"
This profile was about a woman name Meredith Bland who is a mother of twins. Her life is really stressful right now. She is going through post partum depression. It's hard for her to balance her life with the twins strange sleeping and eating habits. She feels alone because her husband went back to work two weeks after the kids were born. So she is a little sensitive and overwhelmed dealing with everything by herself. Something I found interesting is the fact that she talked about how much of a struggle it was to even get pregnant and carry the baby full term, but when she had twins she became depressed. I would assume after all the miscarriges and all the money she invested in "IVF" she would be beyond excited that she got not one blessing but two. I think the journalist chose to write about this piece to show real life situations that can easily happen with any female after having a child. She gave us insight on how stressful it was but to show us in the end how she was able to overcome it and find happiness in having twins.
"Twins ? That must be so much fun," she chirps.
"I want to beat her to death with the twins Sophie the Giraffe teethers."
This quote gave us a real life feeling of what she was going through when she would take the twins out and people would stare and smile and compliment them. In her mind at that time it was annoying. All she could think about was how difficult it is taking care of them at the same time. The fact that they gave a hard time to eat when she would try to breastfeed them and how they sleep little and wake up with the slightest noise.
I really enjoyed reading this profile. It was written in a way that she helped you visualize exactly what she was going through. The story seemed relatable even if you may not have gone through this exact situation. It is similar and comparable to other situations. For example, if you really wanted something but when you got it you almost felt like you regret getting it but then you decide to see the good with it and make the best out of it. This profile was written so clearly and creatively.
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Blog assignment # 5
Dominique
She is outgoing, determined, and a hardworker. She has a part-time job as a beauty consultant at CVS Four days out the week. She also has a part-time job as makeup artist she does on the weekends. She is a part time student at York College where she studies Business Marketing. Amongst all these things she is a full time daughter and girlfriend. Someone with a schedule this full your probably thinking when does she sleep, or have time for herself. This is exactly why I chose to interview her. I would like her to give me a run through of what a typical week is like for her. How she manages to keep on top of her school work, earn her hours at work, and still have time for family and a social life.
Interview questions
She is outgoing, determined, and a hardworker. She has a part-time job as a beauty consultant at CVS Four days out the week. She also has a part-time job as makeup artist she does on the weekends. She is a part time student at York College where she studies Business Marketing. Amongst all these things she is a full time daughter and girlfriend. Someone with a schedule this full your probably thinking when does she sleep, or have time for herself. This is exactly why I chose to interview her. I would like her to give me a run through of what a typical week is like for her. How she manages to keep on top of her school work, earn her hours at work, and still have time for family and a social life.
Interview questions
- Approximately how many hours of sleep do you get a day ?
- What is your career path ?
- How are these jobs preparing you for the future ?
- What are some things you like to do if and when you have spare time ?
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Blog Assignment 4: Prozac Nation
"I would like, so much, to be one of those independent women like Barbara Stanwyck in baby face or Jean Harlow in Red Headed woman or any noir film in any old movie who can love'em leave'em with impunity."
"These are the same tears I cry when I hear the gospel song that goes This little light of mine, I'm gonna make it shine, and I think of the way that ordinary people are able to triumph, in many ways small and large, over adversity."
" I am an artist manque, someone full of crazy ideas and grandiloquent needs and even a little bit of happiness, but with no particular way to express it."
The writer's style is effective to me because she uses relatable descriptions. She captures readers mind by making them think about a time when they felt like that in a particular moment. The author develops a character by showing her compassion for women. She talks about the empowerment of women by discussing the book "Surfacing" and the female gymnasts on the TV. She wins us over by showing how true life situations can cause depression, for example the end of a relationship. She's interesting because she takes you through all the different levels of depression. First she says she doesn't want to hear from Rafe then she's looking out for his phone call. Then she goes from taking different prescribed drugs to calm herself down. I think this was published and successful because it was interesting, she gave great descriptive insight to what she was going through. It is also relatable to females.
"These are the same tears I cry when I hear the gospel song that goes This little light of mine, I'm gonna make it shine, and I think of the way that ordinary people are able to triumph, in many ways small and large, over adversity."
" I am an artist manque, someone full of crazy ideas and grandiloquent needs and even a little bit of happiness, but with no particular way to express it."
The writer's style is effective to me because she uses relatable descriptions. She captures readers mind by making them think about a time when they felt like that in a particular moment. The author develops a character by showing her compassion for women. She talks about the empowerment of women by discussing the book "Surfacing" and the female gymnasts on the TV. She wins us over by showing how true life situations can cause depression, for example the end of a relationship. She's interesting because she takes you through all the different levels of depression. First she says she doesn't want to hear from Rafe then she's looking out for his phone call. Then she goes from taking different prescribed drugs to calm herself down. I think this was published and successful because it was interesting, she gave great descriptive insight to what she was going through. It is also relatable to females.
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