Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Writing Fiction vs. Writing about Fiction

Similar to my thoughts on Poetry, I really enjoyed writing fiction. I thought writing would be a bit more difficult than it actually was. The hardest part for me is getting started. I used "under what circumstances" to get my creative juices flowing. I went ahead and answered all the questions. I wanted to see which question would spark something. At first, nothing sparked my interest. Then I wondered... I could combine all the questions into one unified story. It would be magnificent! I was able to contribute some comedic elements and very random things as well. I found it much easier writing the fiction than writing about it because I could just write what came to my crazy mind. Writing about fiction takes patience, background/research, and analysis. When writing fiction creatively, you don't have to worry about all of that. Sure you can consider the research and analysis aspect and also the form but you don't necessarily have to. I really enjoyed this project. I had a lot of fun with it!