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This is a reflection on the Gothic Horror and Short Story section in Creative Writing. I basically enjoyed short stories more than Gothic horrors but I learned many things from both.

Short Story and Gothic Horror Genre Reflection

When we first started this section of Creative Writing, I was not excited at all.  This unit was a lot harder for me than poetry was.  I feel like poetry is more natural for me.  Short stories require a lot of creativity and knowledge of how to write a story.  I had not heard many short stories before this unit, so this was a new experience for me.  I have heard some of Edgar Allen Poe’s writing at times before but have never liked his writing very much.  I had a great time exploring other kinds of writing, and finding a way of writing that I like.

I enjoyed looking for symbolism in books and films.  There are numerous symbols that can be found in every day things you see and read, if you just look for it.  Symbols add meaning to the stories, and I usually like the stories much more if I find symbolism in them.  Finding symbolism can also trigger a more developed connection between the reader and author.  I knew there was a lot of symbolism in “The Chronicles of Narnia” but I didn’t realize how much there was until I researched it and thought about it.  C.S. Lewis put a lot in there, just waiting for us to delve into it.

I don’t like Edgar Allen Poe very much.  I never have and I don’t know if I ever will.  I see why people like his writing, but it isn’t my favorite.  I would have liked this unit better if we hadn’t spent so much time learning about Poe’s type of writing.  I don’t think we spent enough time looking at other writing.  I also don’t feel like I received a very good background for short stories.  I wish we could have had more time to work on our short stories, and more time to evaluate other short stories.  I would have liked to read the stories in class, as well as watch them.  I believe that you can get a lot more out of reading, than you can out of watching.  The movies were interesting, but they didn’t help me to fully understand the writing.

Writing short stories takes a lot of work.  You need to keep the readers’ interest, as well as make sure that the story makes sense.  I realized that writing short stories is something I still really need to work on.  I know I have the potential to write in that way, but it will probably take me a lot more time and practice to get my short stories they way I want them.  I didn’t do this short story for the class very well because I didn’t have a strong idea of what to write the story about.  I know I could have done a better job if I had more experience, and understood how to make a really great short story.  I can tell if a story I read is good, but putting my thoughts into writing, and trying to use the same effective ways of writing is quite different.  This has been an interesting unit, but I do feel like we started and then it was over with before I could get a grasp for the whole idea.

This is a reflection on the Gothic Horror and Short Story section in Creative Writing. I basically enjoyed short stories more than Gothic horrors but I learned many things from both.

Short Story and Gothic Horror Genre Reflection

            When we first started this section of Creative Writing, I was not excited at all.  This unit was a lot harder for me than poetry was.  I feel like poetry is more natural for me.  Short stories require a lot of creativity and knowledge of how to write a story.  I had not heard many short stories before this unit, so this was a new experience for me.  I have heard some of Edgar Allen Poe’s writing at times before but have never liked his writing very much.  I had a great time exploring other kinds of writing, and finding a way of writing that I like. 

            I enjoyed looking for symbolism in books and films.  There are numerous symbols that can be found in every day things you see and read, if you just look for it.  Symbols add meaning to the stories, and I usually like the stories much more if I find symbolism in them.  Finding symbolism can also trigger a more developed connection between the reader and author.  I knew there was a lot of symbolism in “The Chronicles of Narnia” but I didn’t realize how much there was until I researched it and thought about it.  C.S. Lewis put a lot in there, just waiting for us to delve into it. 

            I don’t like Edgar Allen Poe very much.  I never have and I don’t know if I ever will.  I see why people like his writing, but it isn’t my favorite.  I would have liked this unit better if we hadn’t spent so much time learning about Poe’s type of writing.  I don’t think we spent enough time looking at other writing.  I also don’t feel like I received a very good background for short stories.  I wish we could have had more time to work on our short stories, and more time to evaluate other short stories.  I would have liked to read the stories in class, as well as watch them.  I believe that you can get a lot more out of reading, than you can out of watching.  The movies were interesting, but they didn’t help me to fully understand the writing. 

            Writing short stories takes a lot of work.  You need to keep the readers’ interest, as well as make sure that the story makes sense.  I realized that writing short stories is something I still really need to work on.  I know I have the potential to write in that way, but it will probably take me a lot more time and practice to get my short stories they way I want them.  I didn’t do this short story for the class very well because I didn’t have a strong idea of what to write the story about.  I know I could have done a better job if I had more experience, and understood how to make a really great short story.  I can tell if a story I read is good, but putting my thoughts into writing, and trying to use the same effective ways of writing is quite different.  This has been an interesting unit, but I do feel like we started and then it was over with before I could get a grasp for the whole idea.