Final Blog

This is the final blog as we reach the end of the semester. This week we continued with revision exercises and work on our Literary Journals. Our homework was to revise, revise, revise until we have sixteen little darlings for our portfolios. We also chose a piece of our work that we will read outloud on Wednesday the 7th and analized it for sounds and word patterns.

Revision, yuck! Ok it isn't the worst thing on earth, it just happens to be incredibly time consuming. I spent over fourteen hours working on just one revision. I suppose if I were a writer this would be useful but currently its just exhausting since I have a work life outside of school that is extremely demanding. I still feel a bit vague about the "significantly different" requirement so for the most part I'm writing almost entirely new pieces based off of a theme from the original or the opposite of the original. I understand what we are doing as exploring different ways to write poetry and short stories, sort of forcing us to work outside of our comfort areas. What I don't particulary care for in the end result is that I end up with sixteen things that all rough drafts. I never come to that one final work that is complete, amazing, and right. I want a finished piece! I've recognized how much I prefer to write Dr. Seuss style poems. Also, there is something almost druglike when a story grabs ahold of your mind as you are writing it and transports you inside the action. It's the feeling I get when I'm reading a Stephen King novel only generated purely from my own imagination

I'll finish with the most significant thing about the creative process which I've learned from this class. For me it is just sit down and write. Don't be afraid to put crap down on paper. It doesn't have to be perfect the first time. You may have an amazing new idea from something that was junk the first time around. .