Creative Writing Q & A

1. I thought the play write was an intresting experience. I always found myself adding more and more to the story and it was hard to give closure to something that I wanted to develop further. The only thing I didn't like about the form was the fact that I couldn't decribe thoughts rather they would have to be inclueded through the dialogue. I found that my play would make a better movie then a play just because there is relatively little drama and it could easily be classified as a sci-fi.

2. If I could give a bit of advice to a ten year old I would tell them to never lose their motivation. If they played any sort of sport I would encourage a good work ethic and a deep liking for their sport. If they want to be one of the best, they need to act like one of the best. Also I would tell them it is never to late to take on a good work ethic. I would also encourage them to lay off the electronics like video games and really focus on something like being better at their sport. Usually if you do well in something athletic, it can easily replace your thoughts. Finally I would tell him/her to be optomistic. It is certain that a high level of optomism and confidence will affect any preformance positively.

3. I believe any work of literature can survive the times if it leaves us with a better understanding or greater intellect. I believe this can directly relate to music. Artists like AcDc can survive the times because their music has a great amount of individuality where some of the current era rock artists arn't as influential due to their maybe simplistic style. I think this can be easily applyed to books. Authors who convey a central hidden and layered message will be credited more then those who don't. These books are also the ones that will more likely then not be made into a movie at one point or another.

Creative Writing Q & A, 2

In my opinion, theme is always crucial in writing. If the story doesn't have a theme, the author has un-successfuly left his/her footprint on his/her work. As for ideas, every great book must have a central idea to it. If it doesn't have a combination of a theme and an idea it will probably lack direction and cohessiveness. In every book I have read so far this year for American Lit., we spend about half the class period discussing the different sections we have read. Generally, the theme is rebeling but the idea usually revolves around finding one's true-self. My point is, we've only read books this year that contain a theme and a central idea. On the other by forcing yourself to incluede both these items in your writing, it can be rather constricting and my limit creativity.



One popular theme that would appeal both to parents and kids would be "the rebel". With this in my you could go anywhere with it making it leniant. When you use the rebel as the theme of your play it really can go both ways. You could have the honorable hero who rebels against the king or enslaver or you could have the rebel who doesnt agree with societys morals be them good or bad. One common "good" rebel would be the leader of a resistance group within a dictatorship. One conception of a "bad" rebel would be one who breaks our standards (stealing, fighting...). Obviously some of historys greatest influential figures were rebels but the same is also true the other way around.



One conflict I would love to write about is just the moral issue of stealing. I'm still a little sour about my coat and thats one main reason I really just want to talk more about it. Also rebeling and stealing can go hand in hand. Another conflict might be a certain lie that really screwed someone up. Eventually he atones for his lie and everything turns for the better but only after experiencing painful memories on his part. Really those would be two great ethical issues that I think would be great conflicts in a story.

Creative writing Q & A 1

1. Reading is important to writers because along with the ideas you can gain from someone's work, it also allows us to create a picture in our minds of the events taking place. Since writing is a creative process, any type of creative practice will obviously help you writing. Reading can also help us understand words we wouldn't know otherwise which might be able to tie together a scentence or scene we might be idling on. On the other hand we might gain more from simply writing then spliting our time reading others work in the sense that we create our own ideas instead of having a possible link to someone elses.

2. Something in the world that really concerns me would be theft. My family and I have had many possesions stolen. One example would be my letter jacket which was taken on the 31st of January. Obviously what can someone do with a letter jacket thats not their's? They can either take it and dump it or they can destroy it. They gain nothing from stealing such an item except for the satisfaction that they got back at the other team. The feeling you get when something you owned has been stolen is like no other. Your constantly dwelling on why it was stolen or what you could have done to prevent it. Obviously theft is not uncommon in just America.



3. One form of art that inspires me is fast paced music. Often it can aid me in re focusing or staying focused for a long period of time.

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