My major outtakes from this week involve poetry and improvement on my sensory skills. With the introduction of our creative writing essay in the middle of the week, I took a good look at my previous writings to find what i could expand upon and truly make better. I first looked at my ability to just be creative, or to recall a plot, and found that I was exceptional at that. I then focused on the bad and found that i don’t really paint a picture all that well. I decided to insert better imagery words along into my stories so the reader may feel immersed and see my memory instead of having to imagine their own setting, where the memory did not actually happen. I really focused in on the way the poet Ross gay used imagery with his button shirt poem. Which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O57q5xbLTg4&feature=youtu.be&t=20m44s. I understand that this poem is metaphorical and has a deeper meaning just like many other poems, but when listening to Ross Gay, he leaves little to the imagination. He uses many descriptive words and phrases. I tried to incorporate that into my writing, and described a mountain side where the sky was golden, and orange, just like the fall. I told of the wind, which was warm, but thin, and how it smelled pine. I spoke of how the massive lake superior surrounded us on all sides but one. And how the side it did not cover went for miles and miles of rolling hills. I believe that through this the reader can get a sense of the sights i had saw and have a reaction emotionally to how i had felt in that moment. Through the imagry found in Ross Gay’s poetry, i was able to reflect on my own writing and was inspired to paint a detailed picture for the reader. That is what i learned this week.
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