Creative Writing Class Analysis

When I started Creative Writing I had little to no goals for writing. I was taking this class because it is an English credit that will help me graduate. I did think that Creative Writing would be more fun then most English classes and it was. In this class there is a lot more writing involved, writing notebooks, discussions, and assignments. I think this repetition helped gain more skills in writing, which is something I’ve always felt I lacked. In other English classes it would change each unit to writing a paper to reading then to a grammar lesson, which is great when you are trying to teach a lot of information in a short time, but in creative writing it focus on one thing writing. Teaching me different ways to write and help identify and focus on this assignment, with daily learning notebooks and discussion. It showed me the freedom writing offers.

At first I groaned at writer notebooks, its just extra work, but by the time for me to draft an assignment, I had a lot of idea, topics, and very very rough daft.

You can then appreciate the time you spent on the notebooks, every notebook assessment was related to lesson and help you active the final story. For example unit 6 writing notebook: Figurative language “So sweet and willing to please, she tilts her head and her brown eyes staring at you. Her mouth is slightly open you can see her teeth, but she doesn’t let her tongue hang out as if she was trying to smile at you. Her white fur covers her chest and slowly transforming into black.” This is a description of my dog baby, I didn’t use this for my final assignment but it helped me practice using figurative language, which helped me with sensory details in my final draft for example The Best View “Bundled up in our winter gear my dad and I headed out into the cold. With our flashlights in hand, we carry out into the dark to hike a quarter of a mile to get the best view possible. Where there is no light or directions, but from the sky

above.”

The discussions in each unit help us communicate with class mates. Being in K12 we already have a lot in common there is a good reason to why we left brick and mortar school, so we are more sensitive’s to other peers’ work, which is something I learned while completing the peer review discussion in each unit. We didn’t put each other down, we didn’t make fun of other kids work, but help them better their story and what we think they did good on. I really do think they help, because they sure helped me. I can feel very insecure about my writing so the idea of sharing was very nerve racking, but I can say I only had positive feedback and insightful way to fix my assignment. 8.03 peer review discussion poetry project Lane responded and said that he found my first poem Thunderstorm was nice, “It paints a pretty vivid image about how intense the storm is and you show the aftermath of the storm in a peaceful and calm setting.” An example from Thunderstorm is “Clouds collide with bane/ Thunder bounce and rang.” I’m glad for that feedback because it made me feel more confident in my sonnet and am thinking about publishing it in Teen Ink a site that focus on teens writing and encourages them to post their work.
Writing assignments, the most important part to show that you learned and have the ability to use that new form of writing. Writing notebooks and discussions help develop my final draft. A great example of this is in unit 9, there was a lot of writing notebooks but each one helped me develop a great script. For example from writing notebook prose to dialogue wrote a small scene of dialogue between the protagonist and antagonist. “Leslie: (Scornfully) I highly doubt that. Most archaeologists have already found them. Michael: I think you’re wrong. I think Indians lived here. Remember when dad found that rock and told us it was a (pause) a… spearhead that Indians used to hunt.” Then in the discussion sharing and helping I shared my plot with other students and they said they like my script idea with great imagination and great suspense.
A the beginning of the year I was asked some question about how I feel about writing like what anxieties and fear I have, what are my strengths as a writer, what I love about wring, and what I don’t like. What my answers where back then is very different from today. My anxieties and fear of writing have slowly diapered, my fear of showing anyone my work is no longer an issue, my problem with coming up with topics is barely a problem. I n know having a much easer time come up with topics and then writing them. Writing has become more enjoyable, I love the freedom writing brings and how you can write about anything. Someone of my least favorite part has become more manageable like grammar, spelling, and __________. I feel creative writing has made me a more confident writer. As the school year ends and ill be starting college soon, I will continue to keep my writing skills active by keeping a journal and writing in it everyday and still explore the many joy writing offers rather is a fast fiction story or a poem.