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Creative Writing

Creative Writing. Fernando Cantu AP English Literature Mrs. Saunders. Creative Writing:. Why this topic? Future career interests Major or minor in college. http://hummingwords.blogspot.com/2011/07/book-review-les-miserables-by-victor.html. Foundation:. History

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Creative Writing

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  1. Creative Writing Fernando Cantu AP English Literature Mrs. Saunders

  2. Creative Writing: • Why this topic? • Future career interests • Major or minor in college http://hummingwords.blogspot.com/2011/07/book-review-les-miserables-by-victor.html

  3. Foundation: • History • Ancient Sumeria (2750 and 2500 BCE.) • “The Epic Of Gilgamesh” • One of the oldest stories ever written http://www.exodusbooks.com/category.aspx?id=8218

  4. Foundation: • The English Language and its contributions • English is the second most used language in the world • The Shakespearean sonnet and the Spenserian sonnet • Shakespeare and the Dewey Decimal System http://www.nndb.com/people/405/000085150/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droeshout_portrait

  5. Foundation: • The creative writing process • Outlines, scheduling. manuscripts, revisions • Editors, literary agents, and publishers • Writer’s block http://www.perma-bound.com/publishers/

  6. Product: • Create a novella • A Failure to Preserve a Creed

  7. Excerpt I woke up in a dirty room filled with papers on the floors. I got up easily realizing there were no wounds on me. I looked around and saw there were no doors or windows, just a dirty white room with me in it. I figured this must be a dream because it certainly doesn’t look like heaven to me. I picked up one of the papers and saw that it only had one word of text written on it “Obsession”. Obsession? Was the paper addressed to me? I picked up another it had the word “Liar” on it. Liar was a word that applied to me as well. I picked up a third paper afraid of what is was going to say next. The text was “Murderer”. I dropped the papers. I looked at the ground and saw that all papers were now covered in words. Every paper had an adjective to describe me. I saw the words: self- righteous, vigilante, killer, fake, and in big bold letter the word monster. Then I heard a voice that I have not heard for five years and I should not even be hearing. “Hello Dwade”, I turned around and to my horror there he was John Stevenson’s, the man who murdered Alison all those years ago, the man who is to blame for the Voice Killer, and the man who is responsible for the body count in this city. Every murder can be traced back to him.

  8. Mentor: • Angela Dozier • Works as a English Teacher at Asheboro Highs School

  9. What did I learn? • Writing a longer story • Learning the writing process and the editing process • Working with deadlines and editors

  10. Product: • 15 hours with mentor • Mentor was my editor • Mentor also gave me writing advice

  11. Obstacles: • Working on a story with a deadline • Writing a longer story than eight pages

  12. Thank you for your time Any Questions

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