Lesson 6 Reflections and Notes.

Reflections

Lesson 6 started off pretty normal, we just read out our letter to the past in a small groups which found more comfortable doing as opposed to reading it aloud to the whole class. It was not until Ryan read out his own letter to the past that the lesson took an emotional turn. We got to learn something about Ryan and his past. That’s when it struck me. A writer should be able to bring emotions in the reader. Emotions is something I’m not very comfortable with, but i guess as a writer, you have to face the different emotions that linger within oneself and use this emotions and channel them into the stories we write. In a way, we are making ourselves face our own feelings as we take a deeper look within ourselves. To tell you the truth, i did think of faking my letter to the past but i decided against it. I decided to try it out, try writing about how I feel. After all, people are emotional beings and there is no running away from that.

We also learnt that experience was the third story telling tool. “Experience”, sounds simple enough but what does it really imply? How do i really tap my past experiences and pen them down and make a good story out of it? I guess to do that, i must first come to terms with my feelings and problems and who knows, maybe peace can be found through writing about them. “Self-expression”, this term kept ringing in my head at the end of lesson. I shall try writing anything to express myself, that would be some good practice maybe even therapeutic. The aim or one the aims of today’s lesson i presume is to show us that a writer has to be able to convey his messages to the reader and get them interested. Arousing feelings within the reader would be a good way to do this. Well, guess I would have to get in touch with my inner self…. ( whimpers)

Notes.

” A virginal heart has its logic”

-Writing for an audience.
-Screen Writer = Storyteller.

The cinematic experience is not just made of words you might put on paper,but the audience’s emotional reaaction.

Writing is people to people.

Writers purpose.
-To connect themselves,their unique vision,their material, the drama and others.

People want to be connected to the movie. They one to feel something, possibly to relate themselves.

Where to look for a story?
- Inside yourself
-Everything to learn about people.

Storytelling tool 3: Experience
- All people have fragment of stories.
-There potential ideas prompt your desire to know more
-respond emotionally and intellectually