Lena Jones

As I talked about in my previous blog I took a writing class on our trip. It was very helpful. I expected it to be a lecture but it was a very hands on workshop. The exercise the facilitator had us do was to draw a picture of a place that made us feel safe. She wanted it to be detailed, trees, street names, surrounding areas.

The place I chose was an easy choice, my grandparents house. After drawing the picture, mine was more like scribbling a picture, we had to list stories that we could tell someone about that place. The list was really long, the memories from there are good memories. We then shared our ideas with a couple of people and they told you which of those sounded like an interesting story they would like to hear more about.

It was a great way to stimulate writing. The thing which helped me the most was when the instructor reminded us that they did not know what the place looked like, where it was located, or who would be there.

Since I got home I have reminded myself that my reader has no idea where the story is taking place, what the characters look like, or what their surroundings are. I think it has helped alot.

That is all of my wonderful writing insight for today. School starts this week, maybe life will get a little more structured now.