Monday, April 11, 2011
Creative Non-fiction
After trying to start my second creative non fiction essay, I feel completely lost. I feel like I've exhausted the idea of texting and driving and might consider writing about facebook and social media as a distraction, but with the weather getting nicer and summer almost here, I find myself being more and more distracted from school work. I thought about writing about facebook being a distraction in my life, however i don't want people to be bored while reading about my own life. As a writer, I know you have to put your work out there with the thoughts that people may not always like what you have to say, but I guess i feel like my life is not interesting and people definitely don't want to read something boring. I also run the risk of telling someone elses story and making a mistake. I've been feeling very distracted lately which I feel is very fitting for my topic, but I don't know how to take that energy and put it into a well crafted and interesting paper for this assignment. I feel like I might want to give the montage writing a try, but I'm also very nervous that might not work out well and I want to do well on this assignment, because in the end, I'd like to be published for this essay since my first attempt failed. I want to craft a paper that means something to someone and that shows the world how much social media has taken over our lives. I thought about taking the idea of facebook and two people talking on the chat function while trying to get their assignments done before finals, but I'm not sure how that would work or how interesting that would be. It doesn't really have a message either which is kind of pointless to try and write about. I think i might set up a draft and see where it goes from there. I just feel completely lost right now and I'm not exactly sure. I do know that with 5 paper assignment due in the same week I need to start getting something done and stop being so distracted because I will go into stress mode. I hope I can start something for this assignment so that I have something to bring to class and get feedback from other people and maybe help them. My other idea was to take my distractions in sharing a room and write from how it can be very difficult to get things done when you are constantly distracted, but then go to the library and there are still distractions there. I thought if i did montage writing I could put my feelings and my roommates feelings as the snapshots. I hope I come up with something soon so I can get the assignment completed and hopefully get published.
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The nugget of an idea for a strong CNF essay is here in this post. You say it several times. You are distracted. You want to try montage. So do it. The best way to get over your nerves is to START WRITING. So start writing snapshots. The ultimate message will reveal itself, but focus on your life right now and how distracted you feel right now. Distraction at semester's end. Sounds like an idea with a lot of potential. ;)
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