I finally decided on a topic for my hero's journey. I am really excited about it. Last year the stories I wrote really weren't that good but this year I am really passionate for the topics of my stories so far. But I can't take all the credit the basis of my hero's journey is a scary story my friend Madison told me about cannibals in Allegan woods. The rest of it is completely made up. I hope this year I can elaborate on a topic that is a major part of my life. It has been the result of several poems and inspiration for my character sketch. I want to be much more "me" in my writing this year. I feel that to accomplish this I need to just write what comes to me not trying to sugar coat it. Just being real I guess is what I'm trying to say. This makes me think of the movie "Precious" which I viewed last night with my parents. How her teacher tells her to just write. She didn't say this quote exactly but I expected her to say "Write, just write so that I can know your story."
Oh my mom told me that she did say that exactly but I still don't think she did.
What a great quote (whether or not the teacher actually said it)!
ReplyDeleteThat *is* the reason to write -- and read -- I think, so that we can know each other's stories, and better understand our own.
Hooray! I hope you do! (Yeah, the whole cannibal thing is too much for me,but I still hope it turns out great!)
ReplyDeletehaha Clara I tried to make it not so gruesome.
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