A piece that Saved my Life....

Alrighty, I have been sitting here thinking about a piece of writing, poem, story, or book that has changed my life. Well, to be honest I think the word ~SAVED~ is a little dramatic.

However, I have read one piece work that has ...ChAnGeD... my life.

This book, was written by Bill Wilson. If anybody reads this, (which probably wont happen) you are asking yourself who Bill Wilson is. If by chance you do know who Bill W, is then his book has probably helped you in your life as well. His book has been referred to as the "Big Book."
This is rather a personal issue which I don't want to get too in depth with, so let me just say a few good things about Bill. His work was the first of its kind. His book was made to help other who suffered from problems like his. He might have been one of the most influential men of all times. In my opinion, he has helped more men and women in the world than any other person.
At the time I read his book I was 18, I had just dropped out of college, started working construction, and was constantly kicked out of my house. I was on a one way track to a life of depression, destruction, and/or certain death. One Christmas I had an Epiphany. Which is the basis for one of my Fiction stories. (the events are not all true). Anyway, I am not entirely comfortably talking about this more, via Blogger.com. So, if you would like to know more about what Bill Wilson did, click on the link below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_W.

Fiction Writing

Where to begin. Well I read a few other blogs, and it turns out that the ones I read just used the conflict aspect in fiction writing or some wrote about their troubles in poetry. When it comes down to it I am rather confused on what to write, but that might just be a reflection of me not being able to write fiction stories. I am more a poetry writer and when i do write fiction, unfortunately I don't write it for "big boys." So I guess my conflict in fiction writing, is coming up with ideas that seem suitable for a college level class. The majority of every ones stories are very mysterious and engaged in life stories, or what not. Then my fiction story was about an 11 year old on Halloween. THAT'S NOT ENTERTAINING, to anyone else. As i mentioned with my James Joyce blog, I am big on the entertainment factor. I'm not Socrates, I'm not sending secret messages about life in my writing. I want to entertain people with my writing. I want them to pick it up and just feel satisfied in reading it. They don't need to search the story for the hidden meaning. I guess that is why I enjoy writing to younger age group. It is easier to write to just entertain at that age level. So, I guess my fiction conflict is that I have trouble writing fiction for adults. The question i have then is: How do I find enjoyment and find what to write about for adult readers.

Poetry Prompts

I had a little trouble finding the poetry prompts at first on the Big window site. So I apologize for the late blog. In any case, now that I have read through them I have found some that I find very interesting. Nine out of Ten times I would prefer to write poetry over fiction. However, I still can run out of fresh ideas for poetry and I find myself writing about the same things. That's where poetry prompts come in. I really like some of these poetry prompts because they can bring in a fresh piece of work. Here are some I enjoyed.

http://theothermother.typepad.com/bigwindow/2008/03/open-35.html
In this prompt you construct a poem completely out of questions. For this prompt i chose to think about the season Fall. And start of with a general question, like; Why do your leaves fall so graciously? From there you can ask a billion questions pertaining to the fall.

http://theothermother.typepad.com/bigwindow/2007/03/open.html
The whole idea of this post is really fun. Write a poem using the name of a breakfast cereal as the title. Thats just really fun, what better time to do this when sitting down eating a big bowl of Fruit Loops, or Smacks.

http://theothermother.typepad.com/bigwindow/2004/11/open_10.html
This poetry prompt I found particularly awsome. Whats better to start creativity then cutting it in half?? this means no Periods, Commas, and half the Alphabet! This execerise was very itneresting, except mine was rather disturbing.

Abstraction Poem

This was the poem I read in class, if u have any questions or comments how to make it better, Let me know.


Frustration/ Aggravation


Since the time I was four,
My motto has been “No More.”
An splendid thing, a friend of mine,
Was no friend, a foe indeed
Velcro I say was better then any stringy line
I’d pull and hear that chreeaacchhh sound,
But on this day I said, “No More!”
I took the lines that swirled like snakes,
I crossed them, went under, looped, pulled and swooped
What happened? Much to my chagrin I was duped!
Or was it loop, swoop and pull..
I grabbed the spaghetti looking laces like an angry bull
“ You will trick me, No MORE!”, I said this time with a devilish grin.
I grabbed the snakes and breathed real deep,
I looped them, swooped them, and pulled them a lot,
Until I had a quadruple double knot!
I am the king. Who silenced the beast on top of my feet
I am in the ring. Yea the kid to beat.
But when I tried to get these devils off my feet,
They would not budge, they would not move.
They won’t untie… I said, “NO MORE!!!”
“ MOOOOOOMMMMM”

Oct. 02,2008 James Joyce

Where to begin... Oh my, maybe I should start with my dislike for the style in which James Joyce writes. In all fairness, I have not read anything of his until now. But this is not leaving me a good first impression. In my personal opinion, I'd rather eat stale fish with peanut butter than read this crap. I thought half of the reason, someone shoud read is for the entertainment factor? SOOOO, where's the entertainment Factor? IT IS MISSING! ...James Joyce is not the Bee's Knees... Mr. J.J is far from entertaining. Don't get me wrong, he obviously is a highly respected writer that many people enjoy. In the end though his writing is just not for me.