My new post is more about the readings that I found most interesting in our fiction readings. The first reading that I enjoyed was When It Rains It Rains A River by Peter Markus from the book The Singing Fish. The second reading that I saw as enjoyable as well as educating is Polaroids by Lamont. Both stories gave me new insight on how writing a fiction story should be done correctly and creatively. Lamont however, was more of an instruction manual for how to go through each step of writing when it comes to fiction while the exert from The Singing Fish shows the development and picture that Lamont was speaking of in a working piece of literature. I'll begin with explaining Polaroids by Lamont.
In Polaroids the text follows the process that should be taken by writers to produce an good and solid depiction of fiction writing. In the process he explains how the process is resemblance of a polaroid picture by the way it is developed by saying "Writing a first draft is very much like watching a Polaroid develop, You can't-- and, in fact, you're not supposed to-- know exactly what the picture is going to look like until it has finished developing." In this manual by Lamont he breaks down the writing picture into every part that should be incorporated in the finish picture by starting with character. He speaks about although you will like and dislike some of your characters, they will most likely be some variation of yourself. Then he goes into the plot of the story by saying that " Your plot will fall into place as, one day at a time, you listen to your characters carefully, and watch them move around doing and saying things and bumping into each other."At the end he introduces the idea of dialogue between characters to finish the development of fiction writing. In this part he explains how the characters will lead a writer to what they would say and the the writer must get the voice right on their own.
In When It Rains It Rains A River the process is shown very creatively as the story progresses. First you believe that the story is about two brothers that are human but as story goes along the idea of what kind of brothers they are lingers. You think they're not human because in the story one part goes " And then I raised back that hammer. I drove that rusty nail right through Brother's hand." I know that I have never seen brothers play as rough as that especially when later it says that the brother wasn't shouting in pain. The fact the writer didn't just come out and say that they weren't human is what helped to draw the readers attention as while let the reader watch the development of the story. These are the things that I will take into much consideration as I continue to write fiction stories.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Monday, February 18, 2013
Writing Fiction Packet #2
The second fiction packet included more detailed works of fiction: more literary skilled, focused, and lengthier stories. Though there were many differences between the first and second fiction packet, there were also similarities. Such as the introduction to characters in both were very detailed with imagery and other sensual words so that readers join the story instead of being told a story which is a major difference. My favorite work in this packet was Thalia Field's Point and Line. Even the title sounded intriguing but what I adored was its complexity in meaning. Differences are what make everything and everyone an individual so lets explore the differences in writings from one to two.
In fiction packet one the stories were short and the meaning was obvious like "Survivor" spoke of not wanting to survive after his lovers death. The meaning has to be obvious though because the shortness makes it unable to linger through the story without leaving the story as substance without meaning. In fiction packet number two the stories were harder to figure out and lingered into a lot of different ideas to prove its main point. Just as I will explain about my favorite story Point and Line.
In Point and Line the author uses many different characters to describe a psychological issue within the narrators mind. The beginning lines start with "A cat wanders around your legs," giving the cat characteristics such as "a cat collects itself to jump". A cat really wouldn't be described as collecting itself seeming how that is a human like characteristic. This is one of the many times that the narrator personifies animals and things around her scenery. Later in the story she speaks about a billboard in the same way saying " A billboard rises across the dusty sunset, saying something about buying or driving a new cat." I believe that narrator is giving their own life story through the eyes of different objects and even a person at one point in the story and that is awesome because with a title like point and line you'd think it be an easy read but she makes you think that even the simplest of things can be complex!
In fiction packet one the stories were short and the meaning was obvious like "Survivor" spoke of not wanting to survive after his lovers death. The meaning has to be obvious though because the shortness makes it unable to linger through the story without leaving the story as substance without meaning. In fiction packet number two the stories were harder to figure out and lingered into a lot of different ideas to prove its main point. Just as I will explain about my favorite story Point and Line.
In Point and Line the author uses many different characters to describe a psychological issue within the narrators mind. The beginning lines start with "A cat wanders around your legs," giving the cat characteristics such as "a cat collects itself to jump". A cat really wouldn't be described as collecting itself seeming how that is a human like characteristic. This is one of the many times that the narrator personifies animals and things around her scenery. Later in the story she speaks about a billboard in the same way saying " A billboard rises across the dusty sunset, saying something about buying or driving a new cat." I believe that narrator is giving their own life story through the eyes of different objects and even a person at one point in the story and that is awesome because with a title like point and line you'd think it be an easy read but she makes you think that even the simplest of things can be complex!
Monday, February 11, 2013
Writing Fiction Packet 1
My initial response to fiction writing was this is a really great way to convey messages that could be actual events in life. That was my response because of the first poem Survivor that really caught my eye. The poem talks about a real life situation that could occur in a homosexual relationship because of societies approach toward the gay, lesbian, transgender, and bisexual community. Writing can sometimes shine the light needed to effect change and bring about movements just like the Harlem Renaissance age of writing. This was greatly seen through the poem.
Survivor as well as the poem Famous Hats conveyed deeper meanings towards things that already exist in everyones rim of knowledge. Survivor talks about how gay lover wants to die before his lover so that he doesn't have to deal with the stress from the family that never approved of their family member decision. Then, it is even more noticeable that he is in someway speaking to society to right this wrong because no should be thinking of these type of questions when thinking of the death of a loved one. Famous hats take the step further into history and explains Napoleon hats.
He says that he wore many hats in a figurative way. Meaning that his mind was so creative that it could be broken down into many different aspects. This is exciting because he always wore a hat but no one really thought of it in such a way. The finishing lines were even greater than the first because it says that he always remained the same even through the different hats as the boy he was born. That is interesting because often times people lose sight of who they are along the way to success.
Survivor as well as the poem Famous Hats conveyed deeper meanings towards things that already exist in everyones rim of knowledge. Survivor talks about how gay lover wants to die before his lover so that he doesn't have to deal with the stress from the family that never approved of their family member decision. Then, it is even more noticeable that he is in someway speaking to society to right this wrong because no should be thinking of these type of questions when thinking of the death of a loved one. Famous hats take the step further into history and explains Napoleon hats.
He says that he wore many hats in a figurative way. Meaning that his mind was so creative that it could be broken down into many different aspects. This is exciting because he always wore a hat but no one really thought of it in such a way. The finishing lines were even greater than the first because it says that he always remained the same even through the different hats as the boy he was born. That is interesting because often times people lose sight of who they are along the way to success.
Monday, February 4, 2013
Poem of US...
Movements of unexpressed curiosity
Suddenly moves me to a new velocity
Sight is blinded and Eve is doom
This night our love doesn't bloom
Royalty starts with R and reminds my mind
Of my love RUSSIAN BEAR who is ever so kind
Never naive as Adam
Because his mind is a phantom
Beauty in the bottle
Love so rare
Tipping off to a mindless waddle
His, he, best friend, nothing to fear
Mistakes are made but being in love is secure from fade...
Sour, sweet, full of sense and toxicity like a bundle of Sage.
Suddenly moves me to a new velocity
Sight is blinded and Eve is doom
This night our love doesn't bloom
Royalty starts with R and reminds my mind
Of my love RUSSIAN BEAR who is ever so kind
Never naive as Adam
Because his mind is a phantom
Beauty in the bottle
Love so rare
Tipping off to a mindless waddle
His, he, best friend, nothing to fear
Mistakes are made but being in love is secure from fade...
Sour, sweet, full of sense and toxicity like a bundle of Sage.
Monday, January 28, 2013
Fluorescence Blogger Challenge
Fluorescence by Jennifer K. Dick is more creative than any poetry book I have ever came across before in my educational career. The poem "What holds the body" starts with a mind blowing beginning that has little structure with lots of meaning and few words that are worth a million words. It is crazy how in so few words the writer describes such a vivid picture of an incident that happened in her life and than she takes it a step further by adding a personal touch of emotions. Emotions that are spaced and changed throughout the entire book but I love how in part four of the book she completes her thoughts and sums up the feelings in the beginning of her story. Jennifer conveyed her experiences through this elegant piece of work and even then I'm not sure of the meaning. How creative can one piece of work be?
How creative isn't even the right question because reading her work is like putting together a lot of pieces to a puzzle. A great puzzle I might add because of lines such as "to mock up the marker of X:". I pull that line to show that without reading the book in its entirety you'd never be able to find out what each line means. Hence the creativity that flows so that you continue to read until the understanding is clear which takes more than one go around for the work of Fluorescence. During my second time of reading Fluorescence I pointed out the line that reads "And the heat rips up, rumbling, trembling, the building under me". I pointed this line out because these words in one line describe every feeling you would have during an event like a explosion. I mention explosion because that is exactly what she seems to be referring to as she describes different sceneries and emotions throughout the poem.
The art form of poetry seems not to be all that Jennifer adores as she uses past events in history to relate to the message she is trying to convey. As I write this blog I say message but really she is just telling a story through poetry and to me there isn't much of a message to be gotten directly, or is there? My opinion and interpretation for Jennifer's work may be different than someone else's so I'll leave that open for debate. There is appreciation given to visual art as well starting with the cover page of the book that simply seems unrelated and abstract to me as a reader. Things like though make the book of poems stand out more because you can see the poems but there may be an abstract meaning like the cover picture. Something to think about if you read Fluorescence after reading my blog!
How creative isn't even the right question because reading her work is like putting together a lot of pieces to a puzzle. A great puzzle I might add because of lines such as "to mock up the marker of X:". I pull that line to show that without reading the book in its entirety you'd never be able to find out what each line means. Hence the creativity that flows so that you continue to read until the understanding is clear which takes more than one go around for the work of Fluorescence. During my second time of reading Fluorescence I pointed out the line that reads "And the heat rips up, rumbling, trembling, the building under me". I pointed this line out because these words in one line describe every feeling you would have during an event like a explosion. I mention explosion because that is exactly what she seems to be referring to as she describes different sceneries and emotions throughout the poem.
The art form of poetry seems not to be all that Jennifer adores as she uses past events in history to relate to the message she is trying to convey. As I write this blog I say message but really she is just telling a story through poetry and to me there isn't much of a message to be gotten directly, or is there? My opinion and interpretation for Jennifer's work may be different than someone else's so I'll leave that open for debate. There is appreciation given to visual art as well starting with the cover page of the book that simply seems unrelated and abstract to me as a reader. Things like though make the book of poems stand out more because you can see the poems but there may be an abstract meaning like the cover picture. Something to think about if you read Fluorescence after reading my blog!
Monday, January 21, 2013
Poetry Packet Post #1
My initial reaction to the poetry packet was wow this is a really long packet. Then, as I began printing the poetry packet I ran across very odd poems that I'd never been introduced to before. Later, when I continued on to reading the first assigned poems by Ted Berrigan, William Shakespeare, and Harryette Mullen I came to realize that even though the packet seemed long the interpretations would be even longer. They ended up being longer to comprehend from line to line and stanza to stanza but none the less very intriguing as each poem went along. The poems seemed to be realistic outlets of emotions for all of these writers rather through structure, meaning, or confusion.
The poem that stood out to me the most were William Shakespeare's sonnet number 130 because throughout the lines he details every flaw of this women that he loves. He then ends with a couplet that says "And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare. As any she belied with false compare!" which shows that he loves her with flaws and all (very complex). The way that Harryette Mullen took that poem and interpreted it into a poem entitled Dim Lady which modernizes Shakespeare's work is beyond amazing. He ends the modern poem with "And yet, by gosh, my scrumptious Twinkie has as much sex appeal for me as any lanky model or platinum movie idol who's hyped beyond belief" which shows how he is taking a simple thing and giving it a higher standard to show that although somethings may be simple to some, it can be as glorious as their favorite icon to other! Those meanings are what complicate the mind and help people like me to see the creativity with writing because it is just like a great piece of Picasso.
The way that Ted Berrigan wrote XV is truly creative because who would have ever known that he wrote the poem to be read differently from the way the poem is presented by having the last line positioned in the middle of the poem. The middle line reads "and the sonnet is not dead" which makes me believe that he wrote this sonnet just to show that sonnets are not boring and non creative but that it takes the right writer to bring life to this form of writing. To show such appreciation and allegiance through this one piece of literature is exactly what poetry can provide to people. Poetry provides emotions to those who are seeking an emotional drive for any moment and because it can interpreted in so many ways, one poem can give you tones of different feelings. The complexity of what the actual writer wanted to convey is more reason for others to take poetry for what it is which is an outlet for emotions.
The poem that stood out to me the most were William Shakespeare's sonnet number 130 because throughout the lines he details every flaw of this women that he loves. He then ends with a couplet that says "And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare. As any she belied with false compare!" which shows that he loves her with flaws and all (very complex). The way that Harryette Mullen took that poem and interpreted it into a poem entitled Dim Lady which modernizes Shakespeare's work is beyond amazing. He ends the modern poem with "And yet, by gosh, my scrumptious Twinkie has as much sex appeal for me as any lanky model or platinum movie idol who's hyped beyond belief" which shows how he is taking a simple thing and giving it a higher standard to show that although somethings may be simple to some, it can be as glorious as their favorite icon to other! Those meanings are what complicate the mind and help people like me to see the creativity with writing because it is just like a great piece of Picasso.
The way that Ted Berrigan wrote XV is truly creative because who would have ever known that he wrote the poem to be read differently from the way the poem is presented by having the last line positioned in the middle of the poem. The middle line reads "and the sonnet is not dead" which makes me believe that he wrote this sonnet just to show that sonnets are not boring and non creative but that it takes the right writer to bring life to this form of writing. To show such appreciation and allegiance through this one piece of literature is exactly what poetry can provide to people. Poetry provides emotions to those who are seeking an emotional drive for any moment and because it can interpreted in so many ways, one poem can give you tones of different feelings. The complexity of what the actual writer wanted to convey is more reason for others to take poetry for what it is which is an outlet for emotions.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
First Creative Blog!
I am Seantel Annette Longs and I enjoy poetry the most. I am an aspiring Supreme Court justice and I absolutely love the color baby blue. This is my first year at Eastern and I'm a freshmen that graduated Detroit's School of arts last year. I enjoy meeting new people and learning. The most interesting thing about me I'm a first degree black belt of karate.
In my lifetime I have made many accomplishments like graduating both Cranbrook's Horizon Upward Bound and high school at the same time. I devote much of my time to my education because I truly feel that it is the key to getting me where I hope to arrive. I received all A's and 1 B last semester so this semester I hope to improve by receiving all A's. I absolutely don't like to read even though I'm good at it but I do read when I have to. Writing creatively will be fun to me because I am not too enthusiastic about writing about meaningless subjects in essays.
My favorite quote is "intelligence plus character- that is the goal of true education" by Martin Lurther King Jr. This quote is what I live to fulfill by making the right decisions and gaining the knowledge I need to make this quote evident in my life. Intelligence is a great tool but can only be put into use by those with a good enough character to use what they know to get where they desire to be. Some of life's most simplest challenges bring me to think of this quote. Therefore, I want you to take this with you as you read my blog.
In my lifetime I have made many accomplishments like graduating both Cranbrook's Horizon Upward Bound and high school at the same time. I devote much of my time to my education because I truly feel that it is the key to getting me where I hope to arrive. I received all A's and 1 B last semester so this semester I hope to improve by receiving all A's. I absolutely don't like to read even though I'm good at it but I do read when I have to. Writing creatively will be fun to me because I am not too enthusiastic about writing about meaningless subjects in essays.
My favorite quote is "intelligence plus character- that is the goal of true education" by Martin Lurther King Jr. This quote is what I live to fulfill by making the right decisions and gaining the knowledge I need to make this quote evident in my life. Intelligence is a great tool but can only be put into use by those with a good enough character to use what they know to get where they desire to be. Some of life's most simplest challenges bring me to think of this quote. Therefore, I want you to take this with you as you read my blog.
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