Intro to Intro to Creative Nonfiction (Day 1)- Free Write

-What are you experiencing right now?
  Well, I'll be honest. I'm cold and a bit nervous. It happens every time I come up to the third floor of the Cosby building. The doors open and I'm flooded with a barrage of thoughts and questions about whether they'll know I don't belong. No, I'm not an English major. No, I'm not going to be just a writer. No, I don't wrinkle my nose at the thought of a scientific theory, though I would argue it depends on the theory.


I like having a wooden desk though. There's always been something beautiful about wood grain, for me. I'm no carpenter, no skilled raftsman, but the time I've spent with wood makes it exquisite. No, that's not the word, but I'll go with it. It's smooth, the wood I mean. Stained a dark cherry something. I love the darker redish stains. They seem to carry a gerater weight.


-What do you think this class will be like? What do you hope to get out of this class?

I think this class with be a roller coaster ride. There will be days when I'm more in love with my craft than ever. more amazed by the scope and spectrum of this ting I love. more inspired to defy whatever obstacles I may face. However, there will be days when I will hate this course with all the fiery passion I ca muster in what will be, by then, an undoubtedly sleep deprived body. I won't understand what I'm learning, or why it has to be the way that it is.

I hope to finda new style  to add to my skill set, or a new perspective that will bring depth and color to what I alreadywrite. Learning to analyze life as  see it will aid me in creative believable world when I leave the realm of fact and logic. How can I trap a reader's mind in a universe of my making is I cannot see my own?

Emotional Writing: Part .5

It's been a while since I have simply come here to talk. How are you? Well? I hope so. If not, write something. I've considered doing an experiment on using writing as an outlet for insecurities and the like. Does it make a difference? Does it allow you to process the situation better? Does spitting out all those nasty thoughts keep you from wallowing in the negative feeling?

I don't know. If you find funding, I'll work on it. =P

I have been doing my share of emotional writing, as of late. It's interesting, and apparently enough to inspire concern in some of my friends. I've noticed that people aren't always amused by the same thing I am. I show them something I wrote because I thought I did well, and suddenly they're trying to psychoanalyze me because it was a dark piece.

Anyway, writing in the middle of a "mood swing" has revealed an interesting trend. I can't freaking write a happy piece. When I'm happy, I don't even feel like writing!

Things to ponder.