Lamott Polaroid-Character-Plot

Something that I found to be interesting from reading the Lamott Polaroid-Character-Plot readings was his description of a polaroid picture and how its development relates to the process a writer goes through when composing a short story. I found it interesting that he mentioned that you realy do not know what the picture is going to look like until it is fully developed. It is only then that the true fine details can be recognized. I feel that this holds true for composing a short story. A writer may go through periods where they incorporate anything that may come to mind into their writings. I feel he is trying to explain that writers do not always have a specific outline of what they want to write about. I feel that he is trying to convey to the reader that creative writing can be very spiratic and often has no residual strucrure.

Another thing that I found to be interesting from the readings was when the author mentioned, in the plot reading, that in order to more details about the plot it is important to focus on what each character cares most about in the world. Figuring out what matters to each character will help determine what types of situations and scenarios the characters may get into throughout the story. Being able t identify these character qualities will also help determine specifics about the dialog. Specifying what each character cares about can help determine how the character will communicate throughout the story (dialogue).

Fiction Packet 3

The fisrt story that I would like to comment on is The Singing Fish. The language in the story almost seems like the narrator is speaking with a southern accent. He makes refernce to the character by saying "us brothers" rather than saying me and my brothers. He uses this language throught the story. I feel he uses this language to help the reader form animage of the plot. Also, the story describes the brothers playing in mud and talking about fish which seems like activities of children that were raised in the south or in the country. The author also makes reference to the word "Girl" many times throughout the story. I noticed that the word often appeared with a capital letter as if the author was refering to a specific individual when using that word. Although I never did figure out the significance of the word "girl". The last four or five sentences were very confusing. I noticed a lot of metaphors but could never make sense of the message that the author was trying to convey.

The second story that I would like to comment on is "The Fith Story". I feel that the whole purpose of this story is to show the reader how many different ways a story can be told. I feel that the author was trying to show the reader how many different stories could be told using a single set of information. I feel that maybe the author is trying to illustrate the thought process that goes into writing a story. I feel he is trying to show the reader how the mind is functioning when a writer is trying to writing a story. I feel that the author is trying to show how hard it is for a writer to make up their mind about how to write a story. This includes language, detail and imagery.

My two poems for this week

Poem 1:

The bling trilobites rest tain from beneath,
onhow such poised position with pleasent belief,
livid palisides blurb as they sleep,
foundered villanelles lay restless and steep,
cambrian, silvvian, carboniferous, unpacific,
nape wisdom as they meet.

Poem 2:

I foundered through the unpacific, livid strata,
poised by the serif palisades,
onhow of the tain bling in their appearance,
with the blurb verbena of the villanelles,
I wonder anywhen and belater by the question of their existence,
 cambrian, silvrian, and carboniferous seas nape me wonder.