Chelsea2012

1. Writing on my own was my favorite part of the class. It can be difficult to get out what you want to say in class and even in small groups. It’s hard to know exactly what you want to write and looking back over what you’ve written to make sure your words are perfect can slow down the others in the group. Not to mention, there are some people who have an easier time speaking up when they want their character to talk or have ideas.

2. It’s really difficult to pick my favorite piece of writing because I have three. I liked my quest for the gate, my biography, and my conversation with my ancestor. I had a lot that I wanted to write for the quest and it was the piece on which I got to write the most. My main focus with my character was her relationship with Jones and I got to develop that a lot before my character left on her quest. I also like my biography because it was one of the first things I wrote and I always put a lot of effort into the first thing I write. I had a favorite part of my conversation with my ancestor. I liked creating the little nursery rhyme that told their story. Rhyming is always fun.

3. I definitely struggled with the whole class writing portion of the class. Speaking out loud in a group has never been my strong point and my character really had a hard time fitting in with the other characters. If I had known that the class would’ve been centered more around magic and fighting, I would’ve made my character skilled in either of those. It was also difficult adding bits into the writing later for that reason. This whole part of class made everyone think that I didn’t want to participate at all when, in reality, I just didn’t know how.

4. I love my character but I think she was placed in the wrong story. The unlikely hero idea that I originally had was impossible to keep because she had no magic or fighting skills. I wish I had known because I feel as though my character just became more of a nuisance than anything. I absolutely love my region and its glowing inhabitants and I wish that my character had been able to spend more time there.

5. I think next year should include more individual writing because, to me, that’s the funnest and least stressful. I also wish some of the other characters could’ve been more important to the story. I feel like you just blindly create a character and then pray that it fits the story well enough. Nate, for instance, got lucky and his character fit so perfectly into the the story whereas my character seemed really out of place.