Writing is a melody of up and down paths that remain for anyone to dance to or die with. I have chosen to dance to the tunes of writing. At the beginning, I struggle to find things to write about. I was very consumed with facts that my creativity seized to exist. I have written over fifty wedding speeches, yet my writing remains mediocre. With determination and guidance from better writers, I slowly began to produce better story lines resulting in writing that did not need to be facts. I took a creative writing class winter of 2021, where I got better understanding on how to create fiction stories using my imagination. As the semester moved along, I learn that a story do not need to be told with the narrator’s voice only, but I can give a voice to the different characters as well. Writing memoir have shown my strength in writing while poetry is still a challenge. My greatest challenge thus far is writing dialogue because this type of writing is like there are two or more people in your head and all wants to talk at the same time causing a confusion; Especially writing a fiction story that require dialogue. The fabrication of the sequence of event and the response of the different characters is quite laboring. It is surprising to see how I evolve from where my writing skills was before this class and where I am today. I will continue to write; it may not be for publishing sectors but for the melody of writing.
About
Professor: Jessica Penner
Email: creative.writing.citytech2@gmail.com
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:30 AM – 1 PM. I’ll be available through Zoom and will send an invitation via email that you should keep all semester. Try to join my meeting at the start of the hour, not at the end—since I may be talking to other students or have another appointment after the hour is up. If those times don’t work with your schedule, we can schedule a different time. This means you’ll have to schedule an appointment in advance via email. I suggest you have multiple times in mind, since your schedule may not mesh with mine!
I love how Valencia views writing as a melody. This reflection inspires the reader to write regardless of how good or bad the writing is. The writer learned to create better stories using her imagination and to give voices to other characters and not only the main one. The writer has been surprised to see the evolvement of her writing and how she is more confident to write just for the fun of it in the future to come as well.