Writing assignment 3

Sight: When I look straight foward I see a three quarter wall (That's what my mom said it was.). On top of it are some CD's, puzzles, a deck of cards, a CD player and some other miscellaneous stuff. On the floor, I see my cat's food and water dish. To my right, I see the entrance to the living room. In the entrance, there are a couple folding, arm chairs (like the kind you take camping.), and a laundry basket with some stuff in it. I see a sliding glass door that leads to the back patio and my mom's "desk." Her "desk" is a five or six foot long folding table. She has her two computers set up on it, some books, and papers, a Rolodex, a phone, her water cup, a blue, transparent mug woith tea in it and some pens and pencils. On the floor is the shredder, and a couple of boxes with school stuff. Underneath my mom's desk is the printer still in it's box, some CD cases, a package of printer paper, and ink cartridges for the printer. At the moment, my mom is sitting in her chair at the desk, my brother is wandering around the room and my cat is eating. To my left is the kitchen. On the counter is papers, the toaster, a water jug, pool supplies, the crock-pot that my mom is making dinner in, my headphones, my notebook that Julie sent me, a pocketknife that is so dull it cant break skin, a bag of Frosted Flakes cereal, three candles, a bag of potatos, a pumpkin, a couple rolls of paper towels, a case of Dr. Pepper, a plate with Christmas candy on it, a bottle of syrup, a pencil sharpener, a bag of sugar, a bottle of Windex, and a bottle of Clorox.
Smell: I can smell the faint scent of dinner cooking. It smells of Lipton Onion Soup Mix.
Touch: The only thing I am touching at the moment is my keyboard. And it feels like a keyboard.
Hearing: I can hear my mom talking on the phone. My brother is watching the television. I can hear my keyboard when I type.
Taste: I have no taste at the moment.

This took me forever. But it was fun.

Assignment 3

Using all five senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, hearing, taste) describe the room you are sitting in.

Due Thursday Night.

Character Tips

These are good tips provided byJOhn WArner in his book == Fondling Your Muse

1. The best characters are based on your own life and experiences -- MYTH . While your characters may possess one or two characteristics that are yours or similar -- make it up -- just make it real.

2. Your characters have to be likable --MYTH-- They have to be interesting and have a shape -- round -- 3D -- real. MAke them unique and allow them to be flawed. No one likes a perfect character -- or at least they won't be memorable.

(this is mine)
Remember that your characters include the hero, the heroine, the villain or villains, and a host of secondary support characters -- much like a movie. EVERY character must be real and EVERY character thinks the book is about them, whether it is or not.

Tips for Writers

1. Write every day. Without fail.
2. Have unshakeable, undeniable faith in yourself and your career as a writer. (it's confidence, not arrogance, therefore you can't act like a jerk)
3. Find out who or what your muse is, listen to it occassionally.
4. Accept critism and rejection, while trying to remember that it's not a personal attack.

Writing Assignment #2 -- Onilyn

Here are my lists --

Heroines
Nari
Keely
Annalise
Elena/Alena
Moya
Moira
Brett


Heroes
Chase
Jonah
Jarek
Kayne
Kavi
Ronan
Breck


This is sometimes easy for me, and sometimes not. Depends on who is screaming at me. :)

Writing Assignment 2

Names.
Boys:
1. Edward (Not for my dad though.)
2. Emmett
3. Jasper
4. Kaden
5. Cody
6. Aiden
7. Ryan
8. Evan
9. Logan

Girls:
1. Kaelyn
2. Isabella (or Bella)
3. Rosalie
4. Lily
5. Ariel
6. Ava
7. Kylie

I could have come up with hundreds of names if I had more time. I like using babynames.com to find names. It's fun! I would have loved to keep going on this assignment. I worked for about seven minutes and those are the names I found on babynames.com or I like for one reason or another.

Assignment # 2

Set your timer for 8 minutes. In your journal, list at least 4 names (male or female or both) that MAY represent a character you want to get to know and develop. For now start with just the first name, unless a last name comes to you. But it's entirely possible that their culture has only one name. I will do the same.

Possible name sources are:

www.babynames.com

baby name books
newspapers
overheard
news/tv programs
telephone books
obituaries

Grand Opening

The object of this blog is so that we have a safe place to post our exercises, comments, and anything else we can think of. As of now, this blog is only opened to three people, if and when it becomes open to others will be determined by a group decision based on the comfort level of all those participants. Feel free to post questions and even challenges here also.