Tuesday, August 26, 2008

You in three persons...third person

After her Sophomore Year in High School, Rene' injected herself into Poetry Readings, Science Fiction and Fantasy writing class, and a creative writing class. She dropped out of the creative writing class from intimidation of the other students ability, and from the stupid writing prompts. One such prompt that drove Rene' nuts was the one where Mr. Phelps had the class write about something gross and turn it into something beautiful. Just the memory of this prompt is enough to put a grimace on her face and turn her stomach.

Rene' succeeded in the science fiction and fantasy writing class from the presence of Ms. McMillian. Ms. McMillian taught this class and guided Rene' to write a 100 page book on a topic of her choice. Rene' throughly enjoyed writing in this classroom. The only thing that bothered her was her fellow peers inconsiderate behavior towards peers that couldn't form a sentences quickly in their head. She left that class room more than once harboring resentment for James and Erin's criticism.

Attending the poetry reading meetings let Rene' to express herself in a carefree environment with others with the same interest. Reading her work in front of a group, seeing them nodd, talk to their neighbors, applading, made her feel like she belonged. She attended these meeting in the Dover public library.

After a gap of three years from writing about things that she actually enjoys, Rene' decided that sometime this summer she was going to get back to her creative side. Little did she know that this goal would be met by taking another creative writing class. To her undeniable joy she has found that this creative writing class has attracted her attention instead of repelling her with gross prompts.

1 comment:

johngoldfine said...

Yikes, I have 50 or 60 prompts, and some, some might be disgusting.... Always feel free to discard any of mine you dislike and come up with one of your own.

Ms. McM. sounds like a prize--and this third-person account gives the whole recent writer autobio to me in black and white, nice sharp edges and clear.