My titles are getting lamer.
Eventually I will post more often. I would have blogged last night: I had a great idea while chatting on facebook with my new friend Abraham and editing my personal information (favorites etc), but when I pulled up the blogger window the great idea vanished. Bummer.
I love Victorian Literature. It's my favorite class. Dr. McCuskey is awesome, the book is hard and I'm behind BUT I love discussing it and learning how to think critically, and I'm just excited to go to class every day. The difficult part is that next week over spring break I have to read two sections in the novel, which is at least 100 pages. Not looking forward to that one.
So I told you that for story #2 I was writing about an existential character and having a hard time of it, remember? I got a whopping 2 1/4 pages written. Well, on Monday my Fiction Writing professor told us if we were having a hard time to just scrap it and write something we really cared about (which is ironic because wouldn't that be creative nonfiction? not fiction?). So I ditched the existential story and decided to write something a little closer to home. She's been telling us to try new things since this is Advanced Fiction Writing, and I've noticed that religion is a theme I keep coming back to in my last two stories, so this one that I'm working on right now for class is an exploration in fiction (obviously) of the impact religion has on dating, and how/in what ways such an experience could change a character. In about three hours of sitting at my computer I've written 5 ish pages!! That doesn't include brainstorming. The Lord has really helped me with this one. As far as the brainstorming goes this could be one of the most complex stories I've written. This story is due the Monday after Spring Break (3/16), so I'm hoping I can get it finished by next Wednesday or Thursday, and then use next weekend in revision and maybe get a friend or two to read it. Wish me luck!
Nothing to write about poetry. I would post one for y'all but we turned in our journals today. No cool Christina poetry for you. :(
Speaking of Spring Break, my bff roomie Ellie is getting her wisdom teeth out! Wish her good luck! We're going to have a Masterpiece Theatre Jane Eyre party. And I'm going dress shopping with my mom for my brother's wedding reception, and I might get my hair cut, and it will just be a great week. I'm also job hunting in Logan so if you know of any good opportunities, let me know.
Happy Spring Break!
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I think that sounds like a good idea (about writing). Your teacher is wise. Writing about something you don't care about is like eating something that makes you want to throw up. :D I also love the fact that Dr. McCuskey is one of your tags.
ReplyDeleteI'm suffering from McCuskey withdrawals. I want to take a class from him again. :) I love love his classes. And even though I DON'T love our poetry class, I really liked the writing exercise we did yesterday. I thought it was a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteYes, the poetry writing exercises, both in the book and in class, are improving. I'm actually starting to produce poetry that's worth reading. :) And Chessie, you should take McCuskey's Jane Austen class next fall (british authors is the official name of the class I think). Sarah and I will be in it--we could be a group again! I'm so excited!
ReplyDeleteAnd I write about Dr. McCuskey in nearly every blog post, so of course he's one of my tags. In class the other day we were talking about the web metaphor in the novel (each person has a web with threads leading to other people so we all affect each other etc) and so he made a joke that none of us have webs outside his class because he's one of the top ten characters in the personal novels of our lives. He's in the top five of mine according to how often I mention him in my blog. :)
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