| "One must be an inventor to read well..then there is creative reading as well as creative writing." --Ralph Waldo Emerson What Mr. Emerson means, I think, by having to be an inventor to read well is to have an active lfourishing imagination. Without one, beautiful sotries and magical novles would be nothing mroe than ink on paper. An inventor sees things, concepts and ideas in the minds before anything ends up on papaer, right? SO, a reader should be able to "see" the story as weell as read it. This interpretation of Emerson's quote also applies to "creative reading." Reading should not be a chore; readong should be fun, imaginative and educational. The book doesn't have to be non-fiction to have an important lesson within the plot. Obviously, creative wriritng applies to fictional stories, such as, and not only, The Lord of the FLies, Dealing with Dragons, and NUmber the Stars. ALl are from different areas of fistion: realistic, fantastic, and historical. Each are different from the otehr, yet eadch author exercised their creative, inventive sides to planm, write, read edit and repeat the porcoess mumerous times. Creativity, inventive talents and of course two or three R's a;ll go hand iun hand . But I think I've gone off the subjedt.... *************************************** I wonder... Have you ever wondererd what the sense guys habe I mena they annopt us so much but how thw hell to tthey do it? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`` I wonder... Have you ever noticed that sometimes in a story, after a big disappointment for a miain charatcer, the author writes in a thunderstorm? I can';t dtand it! Or, othert times, the sun comes out and the character thinks to themselves, "HOw dare the sun shine! How dare anythgin good happemn after all od this!" Weather is a very important part of a story and when an ahutor uses it too exclusively or too often, it becomes cliche. THe weather should stay as a mood setter, not a character. When building a story, one should make sure to frame the setting,m geographically first before anything else, that way, igf you ay it was snowing the reader would wnat to read your book...if you mentioned you were in a bolivian rainforest first. _____________________________________________________________________ Crtical Analyzation of "The Snow Goose" A marsh-like mood is created by the openeing description; a land of vibrant colors hidden beneath foggy curtains speckled with redshanks and curlews. A place that remains untoushed by human hand and wind-swept by the gflapping of wild fowl's wings. THis place is ___________ and is the setting for ____________'s short sotry, "THe Snow Goose." |