In my pursuit of exploring the field of creative writing, I have decided to adopt a different blog post format; the form of a journal. My creative writing exercise guide encourages writing journal entries on particular emotions in order to orient oneself in the language of character development. Because I'm thinking of writing a short story of historical fiction, it seems logical to explore difficult emotions first.
I could identify numerous fears in my life: loss of a loved one, surprise attack from a serial killer (totally irrational, I know), or keeping myself from experiencing life by playing too safely. Always a cautious individual, striving to "do the right thing" and following the prescribed directions of a successful life have always been my motivation. But now, on the verge of my undergraduate graduation, and my debut into the working world of 9-5, I can't help but wonder how prepared I am to resign to mediocrity.
Granted, I am waiting on various letters from graduate schools, which should certainly help expand my educational horizons. However, when those two short years are through, what do I do then? What is my next great adventure? I don't want to be "ruled by the job", but it seems so difficult to deal with the specifics of real life. The rental merry-go-round, the bills, the minimal salary that barely covers survival needs. I feel like I am floundering already, and I'm not even there yet.
An important element in fear seems to be the overwhelming helplessness that overtakes me. To write about fear, there needs to be a very small window for success, and the primary focus on the negatives. If I were to be creating a character feeling the emotion, they would probably have a sense of paranoia, there would be physical reactions, akin to those of the fever.
it's great to see fresh, creative ideas that have never been done before.
Posted by: Term Paper | March 05, 2010 at 05:05 AM