This week in class we focused a lot on Creative Nonfiction. What I believe Creative Nonfiction is, is a colorful detailed collaboration of showing and telling truthful text. In class we focused on the difference between “showing” versus “telling”. To show a story would mean being a storyteller, using an extremely detailed description of individual scenes or actions, so that the reader could close their eyes and see what they had just read, just as the writer had intended. To tell a story would be statements that would move the story along from one scene to another just enough that the reader understands the background and context of the piece. We started speaking about our upcoming essay which I am extremely nervous about. We were told to begin choosing a topic. I have three topics I think I could write about one being when my son was injured and almost losing him, the second being the death of my best friend and the third being my separation from my husband. It’s just very difficult choosing which would work best. We reviewed what the structure of our essay should look like in terms of where the “telling” should go and where the “showing should go. I think the most difficult part for me will be learning how to break up each section and making sure that the “telling” portion doesn't outweigh the “showing” portion. I hope that I am correctly understanding everything that has been taught about creative writing this week so I can be sure that when I write my essay it will be correct.
This week at home has been another hectic journey, with lots of ups and downs. I finally have a functional vehicle and seem to be in the process of getting compensated for damages that occurred when it was out of my possession. I got wonderful news that my son aced two out of three tests that would put him in the gifted program in school. I have been completely overwhelmed with trying to balance outside life with school but I must be doing something right because I received my math test back and I did extremely well with only getting one problem wrong. On the other hand I had a Biology exam and I received a lower score than I had hoped for but when speaking to the teacher my score was higher than the average class score which made me fell a lot better. Unfortunately I am still having some issues with my husband and now his family. I am trying to give him as much access to our son as possible but he is making things very difficult and adding more work for me by having to drive our son to him almost two hours away for a visitation. This week time management is still very much an issue and I hope that in the near future I learn to manage everything more effectively.
This week at home has been another hectic journey, with lots of ups and downs. I finally have a functional vehicle and seem to be in the process of getting compensated for damages that occurred when it was out of my possession. I got wonderful news that my son aced two out of three tests that would put him in the gifted program in school. I have been completely overwhelmed with trying to balance outside life with school but I must be doing something right because I received my math test back and I did extremely well with only getting one problem wrong. On the other hand I had a Biology exam and I received a lower score than I had hoped for but when speaking to the teacher my score was higher than the average class score which made me fell a lot better. Unfortunately I am still having some issues with my husband and now his family. I am trying to give him as much access to our son as possible but he is making things very difficult and adding more work for me by having to drive our son to him almost two hours away for a visitation. This week time management is still very much an issue and I hope that in the near future I learn to manage everything more effectively.