Q&A
- Looking back on this semester, how has your understanding of writing changed?
Looking back on this semester, my understanding of writing has changed in a way that allows me to look at writing through a larger lens. I now have a wider understanding of basic writing skills in the creative arts that will allow me to not only create better writing but also allow me to understand
- What have you learned about yourself as a writer?
What I have learned about myself as a writer is that I really like to write about fantasy. I found enjoyment in creating worlds that are not adjacent to ours and allow the writer and reader to escape into another world of your making. I found it fun to create stories based on day-to-day daydreams and turn them into a world of creativity and fun.
- Which piece of work are you most proud of, and why?
The piece I am most proud of is my piece of Screenwriting. I found that the most enjoyable to create, and I was the most attached to those characters I created. I wish to have taken that story further and further; I liked exploring the concept of creating an environment and a plot with dialogue instead of directly expressing it.
- What strategies or lessons from this semester will you carry forward in your future writing?
For future writing, I will be carrying the idea of showing it not telling it. I think that concept helped me push my stories and improve my writing by providing a form of dimension to it. My writing became more form-fitted and made more sense when creating stories.
- How has feedback from peers or the process of revision shaped your writing?
Having feedback from my peers allowed me to see what other people thought of my writing and the emotions that my paper conveyed. I got to hear and see their different opinions on the plot or the ending. It shaped my writing because, with every piece of feedback, I internalized it to further push myself to create something better than the last.
- If you could revisit one piece of writing from this semester, what would you do differently?
If I could revisit one piece, it would be my short story narrative piece. I would create a whole new different type of story, something similar to my screenwriting, having a world I build with new characters and such. I find developing a story like that to be my strong suit rather than building something from real life into fantasy.
- Which piece challenged you the most to write, and how did you overcome that challenge?
I was most challenged by the screenwriter. I struggled a lot with developing the story in dialogue and action; it was uncharted territory, and I was scared to make a mistake that wouldn’t make sense to the story. I overcame it by simply writing a quick paragraph about what I wanted to write about and what the plot would be, then taking that and breaking it down into a monologue.
- How did the act of creating this literary publication impact how you view your body of work?
It impacted me because I never really see my work displayed together in a way where I could see my progression of them all. See the ways I went about the prompts and how my writing changed between different types of writing. My body of work will never be perfect, but in this format, I feel proud of being able to step out of my comfort one and complete something new.
- What themes or ideas do you see emerging across your pieces? Were these intentional or discovered through writing?
I had many different themes in my pieces that I can not definitely give one singular one, but when writing, they were not intentional. I found a lot of my themes while I was in the process of writing my stories; they would pop into my head, and I would find new ways of trying to write them.
- If your semester’s work was turned into a book or collection, what would its title be, and why?
If I had to title my collection into a book, I would title it “a piece of work” because thats what I felt like when writing it. I constantly thought to myself, “wow. These assignments really are some work”, but I still managed to enjoy them at the same time. So, I would name my collection in honor of that feeling.
