Hey guys! I'd say "today's post is a little different" but they're all kind of different to begin with... so this might end up being the same- or at least something that can fit into this blog in a nice way.
So I don't want to post the actual thing that I wrote... but in my college Creative Writing Class that I took at 21 we needed to write a fantastical realism short story. And I wrote something that I always liked. The lead character was a smart and sassy woman... the fantastical elements were exciting and unique... and the story as a whole had a cute ending and a good message... and I really liked the way that I took what happened in my real life and changed it into this amazing and fantastical thing.
Re-reading it... it was still pretty good. I actually liked the ending a little bit better because it had a nice message about believing in yourself that I kind of just snuck in there without much thought... and there was a cute little love story. I liked that part a lot.
I don't really want to give away anything because I've always wanted to do more with this... but I do have some criticisms about it... that I need to fix.
The part that made me actually laugh out loud when I was re-reading it was that there's a character that is supposed to be a mysterious fortune teller and do you want to know the name I gave this character? Barbara Harper.... yep. A mysterious otherworldly figure named Barbara Harper. I have no idea what exactly I was thinking with that one... it isn't very mystical sounding.
Another thing I noticed was that I mentioned this character having an older brother... and that didn't have much to do with the story. It was only 5 pages long- I didn't have time for the brother so he was kind of cut out. I could definitely use the brother if I were to expand it or something... but yeah. He doesn't serve much of a purpose other than to explain that he stole money from the cash register at the fast food place that my main character worked at currently... and that the manager hated her because of this.
And let's get back to the fast food place... I wrote that really well and I'm proud of that but my main character gets fired because she refuses to give a customer free food because she gave the woman a regular soda with her meal instead of a diet soda... that would never happen. I feel like a manager would side with the person that's not giving away free food.
Overall I'm proud of this little story and I want to work on it a little more and make it something really amazing... cause it has potential there.
Ohhh and I liked the message of the ending- but I didn't actually love the ending. I just rushed it because I had to get to class a few minutes later... so yeah. It was really rushed.
Hope you guys like this!
Bye!
-Shannon
So I don't want to post the actual thing that I wrote... but in my college Creative Writing Class that I took at 21 we needed to write a fantastical realism short story. And I wrote something that I always liked. The lead character was a smart and sassy woman... the fantastical elements were exciting and unique... and the story as a whole had a cute ending and a good message... and I really liked the way that I took what happened in my real life and changed it into this amazing and fantastical thing.
Re-reading it... it was still pretty good. I actually liked the ending a little bit better because it had a nice message about believing in yourself that I kind of just snuck in there without much thought... and there was a cute little love story. I liked that part a lot.
I don't really want to give away anything because I've always wanted to do more with this... but I do have some criticisms about it... that I need to fix.
The part that made me actually laugh out loud when I was re-reading it was that there's a character that is supposed to be a mysterious fortune teller and do you want to know the name I gave this character? Barbara Harper.... yep. A mysterious otherworldly figure named Barbara Harper. I have no idea what exactly I was thinking with that one... it isn't very mystical sounding.
Another thing I noticed was that I mentioned this character having an older brother... and that didn't have much to do with the story. It was only 5 pages long- I didn't have time for the brother so he was kind of cut out. I could definitely use the brother if I were to expand it or something... but yeah. He doesn't serve much of a purpose other than to explain that he stole money from the cash register at the fast food place that my main character worked at currently... and that the manager hated her because of this.
And let's get back to the fast food place... I wrote that really well and I'm proud of that but my main character gets fired because she refuses to give a customer free food because she gave the woman a regular soda with her meal instead of a diet soda... that would never happen. I feel like a manager would side with the person that's not giving away free food.
Overall I'm proud of this little story and I want to work on it a little more and make it something really amazing... cause it has potential there.
Ohhh and I liked the message of the ending- but I didn't actually love the ending. I just rushed it because I had to get to class a few minutes later... so yeah. It was really rushed.
Hope you guys like this!
Bye!
-Shannon
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