week 8

In the beginning of this week, we talked about first person, third omniscient, and third person, and the differences between the three. To better understand them, we then did an activity in class where we choose a true story about our lives and wrote it in each of the different forms. First person is uses I, and is limited because that character only knows their point of view, and not others. Third omniscient is a larger point of view, and the character knows everything. Third person is limited, and the narrator only knows what the character knows. On Wednesday, we read three different stories aloud and discussed the characterization in each.

I found this week's activities enjoyable, and very helpful. Monday's activity where we wrote one story three different ways was very beneficial, and really helped me better understand the difference between the three different styles, although focusing a lot on characterization on Wednesday was also of use. Currently, I am working on reading a short story and writing a short essay about all the different key terms in short stories. I have only chose and read over my short story, and I think it should be rather easy to spot the main things going on in my story; however, finding each and every one of them might become a challenge.

Feeling more inspired than ever to continue learning about short stories, has become a surprise to me! I have always had zero interest in writing, especially short stories until recently. I think learning the different details to multiple short stories, and stories in general, has motivated me more and more. Based on writing in general, short stories are similar, and also very different from poems. Poems will always be a passion to me, but I have realized short stories can also be meaningful if chosen to be. Short stories seem to be more of a struggle for me than did poems, but poems were tricky too at first.