Fiction writing

Crane got into novel writing using his true life experiences from New York. The novel, The Red Badge of Courage “leaves the impression that Crane's own life as a street reporter, war correspondent, novelist and aspiring bon vivant was perhaps his most original piece of work”…

Who has influenced me? This is a very difficult question because it is not something I have truly taken the time to think about. I have never stopped to think about where my influences have come from. I recently came back into writing so I will use writings and influences from when I used to write frequently in high school and shortly after. I have kept most of what I have written and going back to them has been a sad experience. Very little of what I wrote was happy, but I wrote from my heart.…

Knowing that I was going to take this course I was extremely nervous and unexcited. I have always been told that I am not the best writer. Putting my work out there for others to read was very nerve racking. I knew nothing about poetry, non-fiction, and fiction. I knew the definitions, but that was the extent of it. During the lessons throughout the semester I gained knowledge of poets such as Ezra Pound, E.E. Cummins, Frank O’Hara, and many others. During class we discussed different meanings…

setting/scenario. I just started with something out of the ordinary and built off it. I will say that the only initial theme quantities I enforce are biblical allusions or themes that work as political commentary on religious matter. No matter what I am writing about it try my best to express a political statement or opinion. I will say that the array of topics discussed and imagery used in this short collection is my attempt to remain diverse and produce a broaden voice that covers a multitude…

auction website captured more of an objective format of writing to sale each item. Both All My Life for Sale and eBay…

together, and got to know each other better, they found commonalities in themselves and became friends. College life proves to be difficult for Cath until she meets Nick, her writing partner for a fiction writing…

When I reflect on the feedback process, my self-critique and my focus of writing form I distinguished the appropriate feedback from the feedback that was not, by looking at how the feedback would improve my writing and help me to develop a better thought out piece of work. The reason why I did this is to become a better writer, to create a valuable piece of work and to input the actionable feedback that I received. The feedback I implemented improved my work by making it more cohesive and…

Fiction I has been one of my favorite classes that I have taken at ARGS, so far. Though the countless writer’s block filled nights spent wanting to jump through a window and the excessive amount of money I have spent on tea/coffee this year, I would still do it over and over again, every time. I valued getting able to focus on my weaknesses as a writer in this cass. I also valued all the time we had discussing writing, books, and current events. Most of my favorite conversations from this year…

Virginia Woolf argues that women have been barred from fiction by a set of societal obstacles that would thwart creativity in anyone, no matter their gender: poverty, domesticity, illiteracy, and social criticism. She claims that, because women have been financially dependent on men for centuries, their creativity has been modified to fit masculine standards. Thus, they have had neither the time nor the space to create a ‘feminine’ style of fiction. However, Woolf seems enamored with the idea of…

– AP English Literature: The AP English Literature curriculum involves a rigorous reading and writing schedule designed to reflect the amount of work students would experience in a college literature class. Over the course of the first quarter students read and studied poetry and short stories. There was a test on each genre, requiring students to practice thinking critically about literature and writing analysis in a timed setting. Selected poems covered British and American authors from the…