Creative Writing Fiction

The creative writing fiction assignment appealed to me because I was able to give my opinion on a topic I have been familiar with and could make fun of. I was able to use my imagination and create a visual experience that flowed with what many people who suffer from allergies would be able to relate to. Writing fiction I find to be subjective because I am creating from my thoughts as oppose to being assigned a certain topic with resources to be included. In composing my work I found that trying to create meaning with images was at times challenging because the story had to flow. I also realized that combining fiction with reality took some time to stir up. I feel that since we are so accustomed to writing research papers we do not feel free to have fun and write creatively. The Y in X-Land would also have been fun to write on. Too bad we did not have time to write on both exercises.
When I teach this format I would like to first give the students various examples of the creative writing so that they feel comfortable with what is expected of them. Maybe read to them my work or other works that would be fun and interesting to them. I could also tie it to the movie industry and explain that everything they are seeing is because someone had a creative moment and first had to write it. It might have become a book and later it become reality onto a screen. I would allow them to start the assignment in class. If the students had any questions they could be addressed in class before they tackled this creative writing exercise. Reading their results would be a trial on the first draft, but the result would be fun to read.

Reflection on Creating a Myth Post 3

When creating the power point presentation for our myth chapter it dawned on me that we were also learning some very important history. Myth telling was the way in which tradition and faith were passed on. In revisiting those stories we too are passing them on when we discuss them with our students, friends or family. I talked to my friends about the medicine wheel and they had never heard about it. I had them do the exercise we did in class and we had a great time because some of the things they placed inside the wheel was entertaining.
As I was creating my myth I started writing a story and not adding some type of unnatural super hero. Instead
I wrote about a city and how it was run. After my peers commented on my work I realized that there does need to be someone in my city that stood out from the rest of the population. Someone that was looked up to and respected. The super hero's work would make the citizens become dedicated followers and pass on the beliefs. Creating the website has not been fun. I have never created one and listening and watching the people that were introducing the basic steps to us also confused just created the anxiety bubble to grow. My site is still in the process and I hope to complete that hurdle with much outside help.
I learned that when introducing this topic to students it has to be explained thoroughly. The use of the power point outline (not too wordy) is a great way to introduce the myth, because the pictures or animation can be incorporated to keep the students attention. The use of the exercise at the end will indicate if the students understood the subject, and hopefully it will be entertaining enough that it will grasp their interest. At the conclusion of the myth section an assignment for the students would be to write their own short myth. I am sure there will be many interesting creations.