Harold Crick Stranger Than Fiction

Allahajae Ewing

Mrs. Love Hilliard

Creative Writing

8 April 2016

Harold vs. His Narrative In the film, Stranger Than Fiction, a peculiar plot was revealed. Harold Crick possessed a normal and simple life with no distractions. Everything was plain about him, even down to the way he brushed his teeth. Therefore, you can imagine his confusion when he started to hear a strange voice in his head. Some may call it schizophrenia, but authors call it a storyline. Somehow author Karen Eiffel got inside of Harold’s head and narrated his life as it happened. Every step he took, paper he filed, and tooth he brushed was recorded out loud by his narrator, Karen. Though he did not know what was going on at the time, the viewers watching the movie knew. The

Even the most famous writers are consumed with the feeling of being stuck. Karen Eiffel is described as a successful novelist who has not published anything in years. She is portrayed as uneasy throughout the film due to the fact that she cannot seem to find a way to kill Harold Crick, her character in the new book she is writing. During this struggle, she travels to numerous places and events to help relieve her blank thoughts. After she visited the hospital and the bridge over the river, she became quite agitated because nothing was working. Then finally, on an unsuspected moment, an idea popped up into her head. At long last she discovered the perfect ending to her masterpiece without even having a current desire to. It was as simple as a green apple rolling into the street. She nonchalantly sent a message to all writers that there should not be a constant need for a missing part of a story because it will come when the artist is most oblivious. Writer's block can be cured by just relaxing and continuing a day at

The process on how to be a great novelist was not proclaimed, though it was distributed within the movie. The messages that she sent across, in the most passive aggressive way, could potentially aid future writers. The writing process is not difficult, it is just tedious because there are steps and if you endure an issue, like writers block, it can be solved by putting your mind at ease. Also, creating an interesting plot, in the outline, with extravagant detail will add to the spices of your work. Therefore, Karen Eiffel explained the writing process to the audience with complete discretion because she discussed writer’s block, plot, and outlines without boldly stating them. Anyone can be an extraordinary writer by facilitating the basic procedures of becoming such. Pick up a pencil and follow the