2. Reading the stories about those pictures with unfinished stories was really interesting to me. I enjoyed seeing how many different ways people can be inspired from one picture. One picture could inspire a story about aliens, a story about magic, or simply a story about a chair. This was quite remarkable to me. Also reading other people’s scary stories was very intriguing. Seeing how they were able to take the prompt and form it into a scary story was also very interesting.
3. The blog was by far the most fun I’ve ever had in any class ever. Setting it up and posting on it was such a wonderful experience. Posting on it hardly felt like class work. The name for my blog just sort of came upon me. I wanted it to be creative and lighthearted, which I feel I have accomplished. It still needed to be attention grabbing and kind of epic. I feel that my title has accomplished all of those purposes and with over 1,000 page views I must have done something right. I may continue to use it on my own in my future because I enjoyed it so much. Feel free to check back at least once a month to see some funny cat gifs. I might write about weird things, funny things, or simply whatever comes to my mind (so basically weird funny things).
4. My journal is mostly filled with silly thoughts and observations. I have a sarcastic and funny outlook on life and that comes across a lot in most of my writing. From writing simple kids stories, scary stories, and fun poems all of it is basically funny and sarcastic. I do not think I will continue to journal because I prefer typing over writing. If I journal it would be on the computer in the form of a blog or something. I don’t really care who reads my journal because it is just a bunch of sarcastic or funny stories. None of it is overly personal.
5. One journal entry I haven’t put on my blog is one of the other picture stories called “The House on Maple Street.”
It was the perfect lift off. Everything went according to planned. Davis had been planning this for ages! Blast off! Finally! His house was a rocket! He soared through space and encountered many strange creatures there. Aliens, monsters, alien monsters all bowed to Davis as he adventured. Leading a space exhibition with the help of General Richard the lizard was no easy job. Thankfully, General Richard could use his acid spit to vaporize bad guys. Davis and General Richard were unstoppable, and together they formed the empire of the universe.
Well, until dinner. “Time for dinner!” Davis’ mom called. Davis quickly set General Richard back in the box and headed into the kitchen for dinner, thinking about all the adventures he would have after he ate his mac and cheese.
6. AN EXCERPT FROM THE CREEPY YELLOW SUBMARINE STORY:
Once I am sure he is asleep. I quietly and cautiously slip out of my room. I go down the dark hallway and make an immediate left.
And there it is. The small circular door that leads to what I presume to my way out. I slip the key in, careful not to jingle it and wake up Daddy.
“Oh, my flower,” I hear his voice from behind me. “I thought we had a deal.”
I slowly turn to see the hideous face of the only other passenger aboard the ship.
“I’m sorry,” I quickly apologize. I know I need to get back into his good graces. I can’t end up like these girls. I look at their hideously twisted bodies. Dried blood mats their hair. Their skin is so decomposed they hardly look human anymore. “What did you do to them?” I ask.
“They, like you, did the one thing I told them not to do. And they, like you, had to die for their crimes.”
The next seconds flash by in an instant. Daddy pulls out a knife, swinging at my neck.
“I’m sorry, my flower,” he says, pushing me onto the ground. I’m trashing for my life. He has already cut off a chunk of my hair. I bite his wrist when he pushes me. The look in his eyes is monstrous. He is set to kill me, and if I want to live, I have to kill him first.
I’m bleeding. There’s blood everywhere. It’s dripping into my mouth. I try to spit out the warm salty taste but I’m being choked. I’m going to die.
And then by some miracle of God the knife is in my hands. It only stays in my hands for a short moment before I plunge it into his stomach.
“My flower...” his voice fades away as the life drains from his eyes.
And then I’m all alone on this yellow submarine at the bottom of the ocean. I don’t know how to drive this or maneuver it through the ocean, but that is the least of my worries. I’m alive; I’m not quite sure how, but I’m going to get home.
I make my way through the dark hallways, eerie with emptiness, and to the control room. As I stand behind the wheel, I see a small piece of paper taped to the steering wheel. I read what it says.
As
we live our life of ease
Everyone
of us has all we need
Skies
of blue and seas of green
In
our yellow submarine
7. I plan to continue writing creatively in the future. I enjoy writing fictional stories as an outlet for my creativity. Creative writing is how I express my creativity and come up with new ideas. I love creative writing because there are no rules. Anything can happen if you make it happen. In research writing or other writing I do for school everything must be factual and in a certain format but creative writing is better for my free spirit to fly away with all of my creativity.
8. Shay – Keep writing! I know you will do excellent at Drury even if I don’t go there to read all of your papers! Thank you for all of these memories we have made in all of our English classes together!
Desiree – Get ready for something hilariously sentimental…. Who am I kidding. What. Thank you for the continuous laughs we’ve had in band and creative writing. Even if you say you can’t write we all know you can with the right inspiration. “Moo.”
Carissa – I feel as though I have gotten to know you much better through this class. But I will not waste your time. MAKE WAY FOR THE QUEEN.
Naomi – Although I tried to scare you off on the first day of class you still managed to hang around and get to know my weird personality! I wouldn’t have it any other way! Thanks for enlightening Teyondra and I about who the hottest members of One Direction are. It’s been a blast! Stay happy!
Teyondra – I suppose I saved the best for last, right? You are the only other normal person at our table and I thank you for that. Sometimes, Shay and Naomi get a little bit wild and you are always there to help them tone it down. Thank you!
Goodbye!!!
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