A Memoir Of The Craft Analysis

In the fifth grade, I had just moved to Riverside, I knew no one and spent a lot of time by myself. Reading became my source of solace. In the eighth grade, I discovered The Mortal Instruments Series by Cassandra Clare. Clare has become my idealistic aspiration for creative writing. Though, when I got to high school I joined yearbook. It became my biggest commitment in high school and by my senior year, I was one of the head editors. Around this time, I had no plan for what I wanted to pursue, I was caught between journalism and creative writing. It’s one of the main reasons I decided to attend RCC. Both styles of writing are what I wish to pursue, but I still feel caught in the middle. Before taking this class, I had not thought of myself as a creative writer. It was quite intimidating going into this class and not knowing if my outcome would be positive or negative. During this time, I’ve been able to see where I stand on the spectrum of creative writers. I can see myself in between a beginner and professional writer. Out of the assigned readings, Stephen King’s On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft made an impact on my thoughts as a writer. There has always been a cliché that writers …show more content…
It became much more difficult than I believed it would be. Dramatic and tense scenes involve more description than I thought necessary. In one particular scene I’ve written is a moment between mother and daughter. Their conversation does not create enough tension as I wish it would have. It undersupplied the strain, between the two characters, I was striving for. It became a more of just dialogue and lacked any source of stress and anxiety. It was much more difficult than I wanted it to be. Creating these scenes was difficult, but necessary to focus on the actions and expressiveness of the characters rather than just dialogue – otherwise it would just be a tedious