Sorry this post is coming semi late due to the fact that we didnt have class last week. I continued working on reading Bird by Bird. This book has been an awesome change from poetry. I learned a lot from all the poetry packets and books that we were reading for the first four or five weeks. Poetry is just not my favorite thing to write about. I have a really hard time not just analyzing the poems that I had to read, but I also had a hard time trying to express what i wanted to write in poetry form. So while i did learn a lot from the poetry section, I am happy that we have finally moved on.
Bird by Bird i think has been a great read for me and for everyone else in this class. It not only shows us tips and pointers on writing and the writing process, but it also shows us what is wrong with people in writing today. No one wants to take the time to earn how to do all of the necessary things to make sure there work is right. People just want to skip all the hard stuff and get there things published. The class that she is teaching in this book is unbelievable. I get that some of these people think that they are accomplished writers and dont need any help, they just want to find an agent. but when a published writter is explaining that you have work to do and trying to teach you what she knows, I think it would be wise to listen. This book has taught me a lot and im really happy that we got the chance to read it in this class.
I also got started on reading the first fiction packet. This was definately a good change from learning how to write, like we did when reading Bird by Bird. The first fiction packet had a couple of things in it that I enjoyed reading and that I found rather interesting. A section called, Mystery Stories, written by Sharon Krinsky, stuck out to me. I enjoyed reading these because they are example, in my opinion, of the shortest a story can really be but still went into a decent amount of detail in what they were describing. Some of the small sotries names were, The Indian, The Talking Cat, The Red Coat, and poetry, just to name a few. All this page was filled with the titles of the story and four to five lines under it to explain the title. in my opinion, this isn't a very good way to write stories or descriptions because they are simply to short. Even though it isn't the best way to write short stories, in my opinion, it deffinately is a unique way to write them.
Another story that I liked from the first fiction packet was called, Ungulated, by Walter Bargen. This is another story that isn't very long. It is only half a page long but is a great short story. It is about a woman named Stella who has a garden. The garden is great but some deer decide to eat the peas and other things in the garden. To solve this problem Stella decides to drive some posts in the ground around the garden and wrap some wire fense around the posts, this way deer can't get in her garden anymore. This is a great example of a short story that has a main character, a problem involving that character, and a solution. It isn't very complexed or special but it is a great format to writing a story. I also enjoyed the way that this story was written because in the short amount of writing that the author used, he went into extreme detail about what was going on and about the surrounding. It is almost like he paints a picture in your head with the words that he uses. It was a fun short story to read. Fiction is a great way to explore many different types of writing and I look forward to learning more as we press on into other different types of readings and stories.
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