1. I really have had some fun writing my play. I like the fact that it could be about anything I wanted it to be about and I could be really creative. However, I've found that writing in play format isn't as easy as it seems. I really had to try and imagine the whole play in my head while I was writing it. Every move I wanted a character to make, or any emotion I wanted portrayed I had to write in the scene directions to make sure that it would happen. The easiest part of this play making experience was definatly coming up with an idea and deciding what would happen throughout the play. I thought of a story line first, and I knew that I wanted it to be fiction and I wanted it to be somewhat romantic. I thought that having a conflict of a girl finding love to break a curse would be kind of cute and fun. The theme in which i decided to use was "true beauty is on the inside", the basis of my play is about a girl who was cursed with fish lips, and the only way that she could break the curse was to find someone to love her. I thought that this could portray beauty on the inside because a lot of people think that people don't judge on looks. When in reality, the media portrays how people should look and what will make people like you, which is total crap. I believe that the play I wrote is one with a happy ending and a good lesson to learn.
2. The advice I would give to a 10 year old kid would be to work really hard freshman year, through senior year of highschool. Because lets face it, the other years before it doesn't really matter what kind of grades you get. Although it's always good to get good grades, I think that the only years that grades matter are 9-12. If you don't work hard and do the best you can all of highschool, it can really mess you up when you are trying to get in a college that you really want to go to. I haven't had this personally happen to me, but I know a lot of people that haven't been able to get in the college they want to go to because of their grades in like 9th and 10th grade. So if I could give a kid any advice I would say to get good grades all through highschool to make sure you have a really good chance of getting into the college that you want to! :)
3. In my opinion great works of literature stay popular for a long time because the author makes a story that has an impact on people. For example, I found that the book "The Things They Carried" was the best book I have ever read. "The Things They Carried" is used a lot in classrooms for classroom reading and is a modern classic. I think that this book for example, has been recongnized as a great piece of literature because of the lessons taught throughout it, and the style of writing the author uses. The entire story flows well together and each part of the book ties to another part which causes the reader to want to continue reading. I feel that pieces of literature that get recognized as great pieces and last a long time have to have a good story line, good writing style, and themes that the reader can react to.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Themes
1. I personally think that having a theme for what you're writing is very important. If a piece of work doesn't have a theme, then it doesn't really have anything special to offer. With themes you are able to express a message without really saying it. In my opinion themes are the most valuable when you have to figure them out through the writing and characters. In response to my views, someone who may not think themes are important might not have ever read something where the theme was really prevalent to the entire writing as a whole. Or, someone who doesn't find a theme to be important may not think that learning something or figuring out something new through reading is very important. I think that many people think about themes in a lot of different ways, but in my own opinion it's one of the most important parts of writing because I think reading something that you can take away from is more memorable then reading writing that doesn't have anything to offer.
2. I think that a theme I want to put across in my play is the idea of don't take things for granted. I feel like a lot of people in today's society, and myself included tend to not realize how lucky we are in life. I didn't truly realize this problem until recently when I went on a trip to Chicago for a mission trip with Christ Presbyterian Church. Meeting all of the people I did while I was down there I realized that there is so much more to life then any of us think, and really we're so lucky to have something as simple as a glass of water whenever we want. The homeless and disabled people I met didn't have education, and didn't have a family to turn to, or anything to help them get through life. In my play, I feel as though expressing the theme of not taking things for granted will be a powerful and good one to put across to people. Because in reality, you don't really realize things until you are faced with them first hand.
3. I think that a conflict I might have in my play is the conflict of person vs. self or person vs. person. I'm not really sure what I'd do but I'm thinking that a conflict between either family members or friends which is then resolved after realizing how important one person is to another could be a good conflict to explore. Or, having a person who is struggling to get by with life and trying to figure out who they are and what they want in life, is a good conflict to explore because I feel like there is a lot of people who struggle with figuring out what they want to do with the rest of their life whether it's what college to go to, or what profession they want to pursue, it's a conflict that people struggle with everyday and something most can relate to.
2. I think that a theme I want to put across in my play is the idea of don't take things for granted. I feel like a lot of people in today's society, and myself included tend to not realize how lucky we are in life. I didn't truly realize this problem until recently when I went on a trip to Chicago for a mission trip with Christ Presbyterian Church. Meeting all of the people I did while I was down there I realized that there is so much more to life then any of us think, and really we're so lucky to have something as simple as a glass of water whenever we want. The homeless and disabled people I met didn't have education, and didn't have a family to turn to, or anything to help them get through life. In my play, I feel as though expressing the theme of not taking things for granted will be a powerful and good one to put across to people. Because in reality, you don't really realize things until you are faced with them first hand.
3. I think that a conflict I might have in my play is the conflict of person vs. self or person vs. person. I'm not really sure what I'd do but I'm thinking that a conflict between either family members or friends which is then resolved after realizing how important one person is to another could be a good conflict to explore. Or, having a person who is struggling to get by with life and trying to figure out who they are and what they want in life, is a good conflict to explore because I feel like there is a lot of people who struggle with figuring out what they want to do with the rest of their life whether it's what college to go to, or what profession they want to pursue, it's a conflict that people struggle with everyday and something most can relate to.
Friday, February 1, 2008
Questions from Mr. Miles blog
1. Reading is breathing in; writing is breathing out.
I think that if you want to be a writer, being a reader is especially significant in your success. When reading other writer's works it's really nice to be able to somewhat critique what you like and what you dislike from their works. I believe that this allows individuals to gain their own style of writing and maybe gain some influence from other writers different from themselves. For me, I personally enjoy reading a good book. However, if the book sucks then I obviously won't read it. Figuring out what books I like and dislike really comes from the way in which the book is written.
I feel like I could get into any topic that a book is about to learn more about something new, but if the book or article or whatever it may be is written poorly or can't capture my intrest at all, then I won't even really take the time to try and let it. I just think that when people read, they read to enjoy something. When it comes to writing you are writing for yourself, but you are also writing for the people that will read it. If you don't write thinking about the reader and their intrest in the piece of work, then in my personal opinion you won't be that successful in getting many people to read it. And yes, people have different tastes and intrests so different writing may be interesting to someone, but not to someone else but all in all, you have to read and explore different areas in order to write.
2. Hmm, something in the world that concerns me. I don't really pay attention to things like politics or anything related to the government really because I just find it really really boring. But something in America that concerns me at the moment is how much attention we pay to celebrities and what they're doing. An example right now would be Britney Spears. I mean yeah, she's really messed up and has a lot of problems going on in her life right now, but lets be honest, do we really care about what grocery store she went shopping at, or how she didn't wear shoes outside, or even how she is wanting to have more children? Nope, I don't. I think that part of the reason she has become so messed up over the past year is because she has the public eye watching everything she does and it doesn't allow her to figure out that she really needs some help. Only recently has she figured out that she has bipolar disorder and started seeking help for it, but lets be honest it's been an entire year and it took her this long. I think we should just back off and care about more important things that are going on.
3. A piece of art that has intrested me was the movie "Factory Girl". It's a movie about the life of Edie Sedgwick and how she came to fame from Andy Warhol. She was the "it girl" of the sixties and was known for her underground movies. The movies she made really had no point and it was usually just her being interviewed. However she had a large impact in fashion and trends in the world when she was alive. Andy Warhol hired her to be his actress but never payed her for the movies she made. She found herself getting addicted to drugs and alcohol after a couple years of fame, and she lost almost everything due to the fact that Andy had never given her any money. She died at the age of 28 due to drugs and alcohol. This movie just got me really interested in the sixties and everything that was going on, and Edie Sedgwick and her life. It was just a really well made movie and I never got bored watching it.
I think that if you want to be a writer, being a reader is especially significant in your success. When reading other writer's works it's really nice to be able to somewhat critique what you like and what you dislike from their works. I believe that this allows individuals to gain their own style of writing and maybe gain some influence from other writers different from themselves. For me, I personally enjoy reading a good book. However, if the book sucks then I obviously won't read it. Figuring out what books I like and dislike really comes from the way in which the book is written.
I feel like I could get into any topic that a book is about to learn more about something new, but if the book or article or whatever it may be is written poorly or can't capture my intrest at all, then I won't even really take the time to try and let it. I just think that when people read, they read to enjoy something. When it comes to writing you are writing for yourself, but you are also writing for the people that will read it. If you don't write thinking about the reader and their intrest in the piece of work, then in my personal opinion you won't be that successful in getting many people to read it. And yes, people have different tastes and intrests so different writing may be interesting to someone, but not to someone else but all in all, you have to read and explore different areas in order to write.
2. Hmm, something in the world that concerns me. I don't really pay attention to things like politics or anything related to the government really because I just find it really really boring. But something in America that concerns me at the moment is how much attention we pay to celebrities and what they're doing. An example right now would be Britney Spears. I mean yeah, she's really messed up and has a lot of problems going on in her life right now, but lets be honest, do we really care about what grocery store she went shopping at, or how she didn't wear shoes outside, or even how she is wanting to have more children? Nope, I don't. I think that part of the reason she has become so messed up over the past year is because she has the public eye watching everything she does and it doesn't allow her to figure out that she really needs some help. Only recently has she figured out that she has bipolar disorder and started seeking help for it, but lets be honest it's been an entire year and it took her this long. I think we should just back off and care about more important things that are going on.
3. A piece of art that has intrested me was the movie "Factory Girl". It's a movie about the life of Edie Sedgwick and how she came to fame from Andy Warhol. She was the "it girl" of the sixties and was known for her underground movies. The movies she made really had no point and it was usually just her being interviewed. However she had a large impact in fashion and trends in the world when she was alive. Andy Warhol hired her to be his actress but never payed her for the movies she made. She found herself getting addicted to drugs and alcohol after a couple years of fame, and she lost almost everything due to the fact that Andy had never given her any money. She died at the age of 28 due to drugs and alcohol. This movie just got me really interested in the sixties and everything that was going on, and Edie Sedgwick and her life. It was just a really well made movie and I never got bored watching it.
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