This week went over some of the concepts of point of view. We read a few paragraphs of some shorts outloud in class. We discussed the narrations, the settings, the conflict with the information we had read, and the development of the characters. We did a writing exercise where we wrote a story in first person(had to have another character), then third person omniscient, and finally in first person from the other person.
Today I was working on the essay that is due on Monday. I was not sure as to which story to write about. It was hard choicing between so many that I have enjoyed. I finally picked one though after rereading a few. Something that I noticed about writing in different perspectives, is that a story can dramatically change from the point of view. I overall felt more comfortable writing in first person, simply because it feels more natural to me. I usually do not need to stop and think about the next thing I am going to write. With third person omniscient, I had to distant myself from the main character and felt a bit werid.
I noticed that with the writing exercises that we pratice in class help start a story or poem. Its a good way to put all your ideas onto paper and empty out the brain; instead of having them all inside your head and mentally making note of which ones are worth writing about. Doing this sometimes you find new ideas that would not have arrived to you naturally.
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