Starting Over
Ok, so the Writing In 100 Days book turned out to be a book full of excersizes that I've already done in previous writing programs. As a result, I have stopped working with that book and have worked out an alternative program with my teacher.
From this point on, it will simply be writing and correction. My sister and I are also going to start a progressive story which we will take turns writing paragraphs to create a joint masterpiece. Many kids nowdays call this tecnique "roll playing".
The first step was to write a description of my character. I chose to accomplish this through "story form". Here it is:
"Saden Corel, with 17 years of life behind her, still felt as a young child just starting to experience the wonders around her. A very plain girl, she stood about 5’ 7” in height, and was of a good, slim weight befitting her body. Her hair was a dark blond, and her skin looked as if she had a tan that would never fade.
As normal as she seemed, there was still one small detail that set her apart. One look in her eyes would start one wondering at the beauty and the detail they beheld! The color was as a deep, dark well of sparkling blue water, and the character tantalizing and thought-provoking. It was as if one could see all the world of wisdom and knowledge by glancing past her eyelids, yet a universe of uncertainty and confusion battling with an overwhelming sense of peace and contentment.
Her past is one not even she knows much about. When she was 3, she was taken from her parents by one she knows not whom he was. But at the age of 5, Saden was somehow rejoined with her parents and older brother by 5 years, Tayren, again to live with them till she turned 11. Sadly, on the third day of her 11th birthday (for they celebrate birthdays for 22 days), her parents passed away in an attack by the same one who kidnapped her before. Tayren fled safely, however, carrying Saden (for she had been dubbed unconscious during the struggle). Together they made for the hills many miles away from the little valley that had been their home for so many years.
There she, along with Tayren, have been living for the past 6 years, joining with other refugees that fled from other near-by areas for the same unknown, yet real and serious, reason. Battle training and weapon construction have been a real part of her growing life, though she would much prefer quiet walks through the forest and learning all there is to know about the world around her."
Cathi (my sister) and I plan to start role playing soon.
From this point on, it will simply be writing and correction. My sister and I are also going to start a progressive story which we will take turns writing paragraphs to create a joint masterpiece. Many kids nowdays call this tecnique "roll playing".
The first step was to write a description of my character. I chose to accomplish this through "story form". Here it is:
"Saden Corel, with 17 years of life behind her, still felt as a young child just starting to experience the wonders around her. A very plain girl, she stood about 5’ 7” in height, and was of a good, slim weight befitting her body. Her hair was a dark blond, and her skin looked as if she had a tan that would never fade.
As normal as she seemed, there was still one small detail that set her apart. One look in her eyes would start one wondering at the beauty and the detail they beheld! The color was as a deep, dark well of sparkling blue water, and the character tantalizing and thought-provoking. It was as if one could see all the world of wisdom and knowledge by glancing past her eyelids, yet a universe of uncertainty and confusion battling with an overwhelming sense of peace and contentment.
Her past is one not even she knows much about. When she was 3, she was taken from her parents by one she knows not whom he was. But at the age of 5, Saden was somehow rejoined with her parents and older brother by 5 years, Tayren, again to live with them till she turned 11. Sadly, on the third day of her 11th birthday (for they celebrate birthdays for 22 days), her parents passed away in an attack by the same one who kidnapped her before. Tayren fled safely, however, carrying Saden (for she had been dubbed unconscious during the struggle). Together they made for the hills many miles away from the little valley that had been their home for so many years.
There she, along with Tayren, have been living for the past 6 years, joining with other refugees that fled from other near-by areas for the same unknown, yet real and serious, reason. Battle training and weapon construction have been a real part of her growing life, though she would much prefer quiet walks through the forest and learning all there is to know about the world around her."
Cathi (my sister) and I plan to start role playing soon.
posted by FadingFlower at 4:30 PM
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