Continuing from the previous post......
"What are you doing?!"
Jumped in fright, she looked up to see the librarian's face inches away from hers. "Nothing" as she hid the diary,"I was just..uhh.. re-shelving the books."
"Make sure they are still in good condition or you'll pay for it!"
"Yes ma'am." With that, the librarian left with a humph.
Sighing with relief, she turn her back and picked up the book and a tiny piece of paper came out of the diary. Curious, she read its contents.'Find its key and will have 3 wishes are granted. Beware, in return, the price will be great. Look for its twin.' She blinked."It's twin?" She then realized there was another diary somewhere around her. She searched around for two hours and was ready to give up, but then, she saw noticed the same diary, only in crimson with no keyhole, and a key embedded on its cover. The problem was, it was in the librarian's office, which no one except the librarian could come in. not even the principal. Glancing for anyone noticing her, she snuck in the office and snatched the book,pulled the key out of its cover, and ran out. As she was only 2 feet away from the office, she turned around to face the librarian, looking irritated.
"Just what are you doing?"
"Nothing ma'am"
"Are you finished with the books?"
"Yes ma'am"
"Are they still in good condition?"
"Yes ma'am"
"It better be or I'll make sure you will regret lying to me! Understood?!"
"Yes ma'am"for
"Well what are you still doing here? Out! You!" She pointed at the study group. "Leave as well! You have caused nothing but ruckus. OUT! OUUUUUT!!!!"
With that, she and the study group rushed to the door. When she arrived home, she immediately checked for the key and the diary. Carefully, she puts the key in the keyhole and turn it, hearing a small click, signaling it was open.
She opened the diary only to see something old, hairy..a paw! She looked at it in horror and saw another paper, only what was written was in what look like blood. 'You who have opened this earn 3 wishes, but beware.....'
Reading this, her eyes sparkled in delight."Grant people's wishes?! This looks like that monkey's paw I heard that grants wishes. This must be it." She closed and locked the diary, left it on her desk, puts the key in a box and left it in her jacket pocket.She touched the box in her pocket and smiled...
Pretty bad, right? Oh well. I edited it so it wasn't exactly everything I had wrote in the beginning. This kind of story reminds you of something, right? This actually came from the brilliant mind of the writer of "The Monkey's Paw", W.W. Jacobs.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
"She touched the box in her pocket and smiled..." pt. 1
Ok, this is an old Quickwrite, but I intend to post this as my blog.
She was a library aid in the school library. She glared at the students who claimed to be "studying", chatting away happily. She was one of those students who barely talk with anyone,an outcast. Not that she doesn't want talk to no one, its because she has no one to talk to. Today was the 5th anniversary of her parent's death. Ever since the car accident that drove her family apart from her, she blames herself, glares at anyone within a 1 meter radius, and keeps to herself by studying constantly.
Silently, she shelved the books to their respectful places. As she walked by the "study" group, they instantly became quiet. When she was 5 feet away, they began whispering about her, about her looks, her "fashion", and the rumors they were going to spread about her.
After glancing back, she looked around the school library. "This place is way too big. No one comes here anymore. Maybe it's because of the librarian," she thought. At that, she glanced at the school librarian. The school librarian was known for her strict rules about borrowing and checking out books. She would even start screaming and demand to pay for the book if it was damaged in anyway. "Or maybe it's because no one really studies in a school library. You can't find any book here and the librarian would scream at us using a card catalog," she thought as she eyed the book she was holding. Sighing, she went further within the countless aisles of books until she went to the far corner and shelved the book. Then, she noticed that many of the books were pretty old and even have some in a different language. As she return to her cart of books, she noticed a book with gold embroidering and what looks like some crimson stain. She picked it up and saw that it might've been a diary since there was a lock.
"What are you doing?!"
To Be Continued....
She was a library aid in the school library. She glared at the students who claimed to be "studying", chatting away happily. She was one of those students who barely talk with anyone,an outcast. Not that she doesn't want talk to no one, its because she has no one to talk to. Today was the 5th anniversary of her parent's death. Ever since the car accident that drove her family apart from her, she blames herself, glares at anyone within a 1 meter radius, and keeps to herself by studying constantly.
Silently, she shelved the books to their respectful places. As she walked by the "study" group, they instantly became quiet. When she was 5 feet away, they began whispering about her, about her looks, her "fashion", and the rumors they were going to spread about her.
After glancing back, she looked around the school library. "This place is way too big. No one comes here anymore. Maybe it's because of the librarian," she thought. At that, she glanced at the school librarian. The school librarian was known for her strict rules about borrowing and checking out books. She would even start screaming and demand to pay for the book if it was damaged in anyway. "Or maybe it's because no one really studies in a school library. You can't find any book here and the librarian would scream at us using a card catalog," she thought as she eyed the book she was holding. Sighing, she went further within the countless aisles of books until she went to the far corner and shelved the book. Then, she noticed that many of the books were pretty old and even have some in a different language. As she return to her cart of books, she noticed a book with gold embroidering and what looks like some crimson stain. She picked it up and saw that it might've been a diary since there was a lock.
"What are you doing?!"
To Be Continued....
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Final
How do the things you read influence what you write about or how you write?
The things people read can influence them of what they write about or how they write it. Sometimes, that applies to me as well. Whenever I read a novel or short story, it influences my writing, even if it’s just the slightest. It is usually more vocabulary on my list and a bit improvement in my grammar. However, I still have a lot to work on so I read a lot to help myself. However, it doesn’t last for a long period of time, so I read long novels as a hobby during the summer, school break, or even when I have enough time. In either case, I still have lots to work on to improve one and hopefully continue on working on this. Sometimes, as I read, I have something in mind, or can think how the author/writer is thinking about, getting their point of view in some points that affects in my writing skills. Reading people’s different opinions that contrasts with yours can also affect your writing. If they have the same opinions as you on a topic but have more reasonable ideas, I would most likely have more reasonable ideas the next time I write about something. With different views and opinions, that can change people’s ways of thinking. For my blog posts, if you read a pretty laid back blog, then you might have the same affect and write like the same for some period of time. If you read a pretty serious essay/report, then you be really serious yourself and go a bit too far with you writing. In either case, it can either take an affect on me or not. But if the novel/report I was reading really inspires me, I might even have the same case as the writer. There are some works where people can be very persuasive in their writing that influences on a lot of people’s writing (that can be me as well).
What have you learned from your struggles with writer's block? Why do you tend to get stuck? Notice any patterns?
During my struggles with writer’s block, I learned that if I take my time working on my blog posts, I can get more ideas during the process, I sometimes rush on my blogs because I have a limited amount of time on the computer. Also, I learned that if I calm down and concentrate on the topic, I can get more ideas to write about the topic. I tend to get stuck because of not having so much information on the topic or running out of ideas to write about the topic. I noticed that if I turn away from the blog post and work on something else like other homework for other classes, I can go back to work on it after thirty minutes or so. However, I still get stuck when it comes to blog posts. I guess working on something else helps change my chain of thoughts on the blog post. Either way, I tend to get after a short while. This is when I realize that this is just a pattern, where I go charging by writing nonstop, doing something else to retrain my thoughts, and then come back charging forward once again. This is a problem since this is very time consuming for a weekly three hundred word blog post. Even now, I still have trouble on this assignment, even though it isn’t a three hundred blog post. It seems to me that I don’t get writer’s block if I am extremely into the topic, I can go beyond five hundred words or so. But that sounds like I am exaggerating or something. Even so, I think if I have enough information on the topic, I wouldn’t be so stuck with any topic (unless it was some thought question that I can’t relate to). I also tend to get stuck when the questions require thinking about something that I wouldn’t think about on a daily basis. Or you can call “deep thinking” kind of questions where some people (like me) take long periods of time thinking about them before writing about it.
Where do you get your ideas for blog post topics? What inspires you to write?
I get my ideas for blog post topics from a variety of sources. Most of my topics I write about mainly from something I have been working/reading/watching from. Sometimes, it would come from something I just thought of from out of nowhere. I usually do blog posts that require a lot of research. Researching my blog topics helps me gather new information I never knew before. Of my blog posts, there are ones that are about books I’ve recently read like Beryllium Murder and Queen’s Own Fool, where I summarize them for those who love to read. Sometimes, I use historical figures for my topics such as King Henry VIII and Baron de Montesquieu. This is an advantage for me because I can research, study for History class, learn something new, and work on my English homework all at the same time. I do movies from classes that I give my opinions on for those who are interested like Maria Full of Grace and Stand and Deliver. Even though I was raised in an environment where there are a lot of Vietnamese cultures around me, I like to research and write about them as a part of another person’s point of view. So what really would interest people would be through people’s stomach! So I try and write about are well known dishes such as spring rolls and phở. I would probably expand this more in the future. Recently, I have been taking up with music, so I decided to write about my favorite music artists. Overall, what inspires me to write is the topic that sparks my interest. If those topics are pretty dull and boring, the result will be a pretty short-willed blog post. I realized that what topic inspires me the most would be the result of my ‘endless’ researching. If I am satisfied with what I have, I am certain that I would have a better blog post than something I just gather up as some last minute thing I just randomly came up with.
The things people read can influence them of what they write about or how they write it. Sometimes, that applies to me as well. Whenever I read a novel or short story, it influences my writing, even if it’s just the slightest. It is usually more vocabulary on my list and a bit improvement in my grammar. However, I still have a lot to work on so I read a lot to help myself. However, it doesn’t last for a long period of time, so I read long novels as a hobby during the summer, school break, or even when I have enough time. In either case, I still have lots to work on to improve one and hopefully continue on working on this. Sometimes, as I read, I have something in mind, or can think how the author/writer is thinking about, getting their point of view in some points that affects in my writing skills. Reading people’s different opinions that contrasts with yours can also affect your writing. If they have the same opinions as you on a topic but have more reasonable ideas, I would most likely have more reasonable ideas the next time I write about something. With different views and opinions, that can change people’s ways of thinking. For my blog posts, if you read a pretty laid back blog, then you might have the same affect and write like the same for some period of time. If you read a pretty serious essay/report, then you be really serious yourself and go a bit too far with you writing. In either case, it can either take an affect on me or not. But if the novel/report I was reading really inspires me, I might even have the same case as the writer. There are some works where people can be very persuasive in their writing that influences on a lot of people’s writing (that can be me as well).
What have you learned from your struggles with writer's block? Why do you tend to get stuck? Notice any patterns?
During my struggles with writer’s block, I learned that if I take my time working on my blog posts, I can get more ideas during the process, I sometimes rush on my blogs because I have a limited amount of time on the computer. Also, I learned that if I calm down and concentrate on the topic, I can get more ideas to write about the topic. I tend to get stuck because of not having so much information on the topic or running out of ideas to write about the topic. I noticed that if I turn away from the blog post and work on something else like other homework for other classes, I can go back to work on it after thirty minutes or so. However, I still get stuck when it comes to blog posts. I guess working on something else helps change my chain of thoughts on the blog post. Either way, I tend to get after a short while. This is when I realize that this is just a pattern, where I go charging by writing nonstop, doing something else to retrain my thoughts, and then come back charging forward once again. This is a problem since this is very time consuming for a weekly three hundred word blog post. Even now, I still have trouble on this assignment, even though it isn’t a three hundred blog post. It seems to me that I don’t get writer’s block if I am extremely into the topic, I can go beyond five hundred words or so. But that sounds like I am exaggerating or something. Even so, I think if I have enough information on the topic, I wouldn’t be so stuck with any topic (unless it was some thought question that I can’t relate to). I also tend to get stuck when the questions require thinking about something that I wouldn’t think about on a daily basis. Or you can call “deep thinking” kind of questions where some people (like me) take long periods of time thinking about them before writing about it.
Where do you get your ideas for blog post topics? What inspires you to write?
I get my ideas for blog post topics from a variety of sources. Most of my topics I write about mainly from something I have been working/reading/watching from. Sometimes, it would come from something I just thought of from out of nowhere. I usually do blog posts that require a lot of research. Researching my blog topics helps me gather new information I never knew before. Of my blog posts, there are ones that are about books I’ve recently read like Beryllium Murder and Queen’s Own Fool, where I summarize them for those who love to read. Sometimes, I use historical figures for my topics such as King Henry VIII and Baron de Montesquieu. This is an advantage for me because I can research, study for History class, learn something new, and work on my English homework all at the same time. I do movies from classes that I give my opinions on for those who are interested like Maria Full of Grace and Stand and Deliver. Even though I was raised in an environment where there are a lot of Vietnamese cultures around me, I like to research and write about them as a part of another person’s point of view. So what really would interest people would be through people’s stomach! So I try and write about are well known dishes such as spring rolls and phở. I would probably expand this more in the future. Recently, I have been taking up with music, so I decided to write about my favorite music artists. Overall, what inspires me to write is the topic that sparks my interest. If those topics are pretty dull and boring, the result will be a pretty short-willed blog post. I realized that what topic inspires me the most would be the result of my ‘endless’ researching. If I am satisfied with what I have, I am certain that I would have a better blog post than something I just gather up as some last minute thing I just randomly came up with.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Writing Group
When working with a group, I would like to help prevent writer’s block. With more people, I could get more topic ideas and use them for future blogs. I can also get more improvement in my writing like grammar. If these goals are met, I would like to the same to those in my group. Putting up some comments and editing on my work (or other people’s) will help improve both me and the people. I may also say that those who wrote some of the same topic can help give more ideas onto the topic. As for rules, I guess it’s to be respectful with other people’s work and to put up comments that are both positive and negative. That way, there are some encouragements, while there are some discouragements. However, this helps with the improvement in writing and can help develop new writing skills that will eventually be in use in the future. Another rule should be to protect people’s privacy by not talking about their work in progress, being offensive their work for lack of grammar, bad vocabulary, etc. If not, you will just end up losing that person’s respect for you and perhaps other classmates. This is kind of relating to respecting other’s work as well though. ^^’’
Monday, January 4, 2010
Jay Chou
His music has gained recognition throughout Asia, most notably in regions such as Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and more in overseas Asian communities, winning more than 20 awards each year. He has sold over 25 million albums worldwide. He debuted his acting career in Initial D(2005), for which he won Best Newcomer Actor in Golden Horse Awards, and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor by Hong Kong Film Awards for his role in Curse of the Golden Flower (2006). His career now extends into directing and running his own record company JVR Music.
He, was often criticized for being to expressionless and stiff in his acting skills, but he improved dramatically. He shows determination and the result are very clear in his movies. I wasn’t into many Asian movies, despite me being Asian and all because I thought it was a lot of talking. However, after watching one of his movies, I instantly fell in love with his films and later one, other actors (or actresses) films. I especially love his music; not many artists have a nice fusion in classical and Western style music, but Chou’s music changed that. For those who are into some different types of music, this is for you. It’s amazing at how his work shows impact to the music world. Watch some of his directed movies, they are definitely very emotional like drama, so for them drama lovers!
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