Bryan Davis's 'Raising Dragons'

The one that sticks out personally to me is Appeal to Authority, Ancient Wisdom, and Red Herring. Appeal to Authority consist of giving credibility based on a degree and schooling. For instance, someone in a white such as a doctor; people will assume since they are educated they know what they are talking about but they are not always right. Ancient Wisdom is a big NO! there is no way that ancient had a better understand or the tools compared to today’s science. Red Herring is the distraction from logical evidence such as conspiracy theories. Red Herring tends to distract people from an actual important topic.

Stephan King, an American author of horror, supernatural fiction and fantasy novels, shares his thoughts on writing and how to become a good writer in the article named “On Writing”. According to him, the secret to being a good writer is in the writing and reading itself. Per Mr. King, one needs not only to write and read, but to enjoy doing it. As he wrote, there are no short cuts or easy ways to become a good writer without writing and reading a lot. Reading of books whether good or bad will help the future writer to find and develop his style. Per Mr. King the badly written books were of more help to him; reading them helped him to find out what mistakes not to make in his own writings. He wrote how reading a poor prose as Asteroid Miners showed him what not to do in his books. The author wrote that it is one of the first books he read and it was kind of an inspiration for him to start writing. King wrote, after he finished the book he said to himself “I can do better of that.” Even though the book was bad it was a very important part of his development as a writer.

For a novice writer, one can only dream of publishing a novel, selling copies across the word, or being recognized for honesty and dedication poured into a story. Stephen King, across his writing career has achieved these dreams and accomplished scores further. King has published 55+ novels (some under the pen name Richard Bachman) and at least 200 short stories. He has also received numerous awards for his pieces, sold 350 million copies worldwide, and turned several of his stories into movies and television shows. Atop his many triumphs, King has maintained the same love for writing that he began with. In his memoir, “On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft”, he allows the reader to understand the mind of a writing virtuoso whilst continuing an air of humility, humor, and personality.

Naturally, the limitation placed upon me by my circumstances condemned me to absolute mediocrity. Yet I refuse to conform to just simply being ordinary, unremarkable, not above the common wants. I refuse to let any disadvantage hinder my purpose. Thus, I began to undertake a journey to improve intellectually through the most practical and available way, extensive reading and writing. Not only because I sought to educate myself beyond the pragmatic instruction I received every day at a public institution, but also because I had dreamt from a tender age of becoming a distinguished writer who one day will immortalize great pieces of art. As well as becoming a great artist whose name will be known in theatre and on the silver screens of Hollywood . Through my diligence I have begun to hone my abilities as a writer which have consequently afforded me a chance to distinguish myself but not on a worldwide level, not

Due to my excellence in middle school English, I was placed into the Honors English I class. This reawakened the childhood talent I had held onto so dearly. Growing up, I always had a knack for storytelling. Even before my brain knew the alphabet existed, my little hands formed scribbles in which I would tell the daring story of a hero saving the day from certain destruction. The heroes always were my age, and sometimes I even wrote myself as the hero. My imagination only seemed to grow stronger with age, and by the time I had turned fourteen I had come to a decision: I was going to write a book.

   A successful writer is he who is able to transmit ideas, emotions, and wisdom on to his readers. He is cable of stirring emotions and capturing the reader's attention with vivid descriptions and clever dialogues. The writer can even play with the meanings of words and fuse reality with fiction to achieve his goal of taking the reader on a wonderful journey. His tools are but words, yet the art of writing is found in the use of the language to create though-provoking pieces that defy the changing times. Between the lines, voices and images emerge. Not everyone can write effectively and invoke these voices. It is those few who can create certain psychological effects on the reader who can seize him (or

In the novel Dragonkeeper by Carole Wilkinson, the moral is how you cannot find yourself without taking risks. Just as Ping escaped from Huangling with her unique, brave and courage’s best friend, Danzi, they both took a risk and went on a journey to find Ping’s identity where she battled against hunters and becomes the true Dragonkeeper. Ping wouldn’t have found her true identity if she hadn’t taken risks.

writing. In this paper, I will be discussing a book called, “Shadow of the Dragon”.

This book helped me improve not only as a writer but as an artist as well. The advice held within its pages is very much appreciated. It may seem unimportant or repetitive, but you can’t hear that enough. Kleon’s words motivate me to find those simple inspiration sources and to explore my potential to its fullest. I found page 20 specially interesting. Kleon is talking about schooling ourselves and I embrace that point of view completely. Curiosity is a key element to be successful in life.

We can read the story from a first person point of view, which means we can only know about his experiences and thoughts. He is a mysterious character and we do not find out more about him. He goes to this castle because his “boon companions on boyhood” Roderick Usher writes him a letter, complaining about his illness and asking for his help. The narrator confess that although they were good friends as a child, he really know little of his friend now. It is very odd that despite of this, he spends weeks with Roderick trying to help him.

End: They get out of the glade later being told they were test subjects in an experiment by WICKED. Gally, He hadn't originally escaped with them, and he is acting as though he is being controlled. He moves to throw a knife at Thomas, but Chuck, Thomas' friend, jumps in front of it. After \ the death of Chuck, all 19 of the boys plus Teresa are "rescued" by a group of people and brought to a safe place where they tell them about "the Flare" an attack that killed off half of the population.

The comforting sound of the click-clack of the keys, the smell of freshly printed words, the crisp feeling of having finished writing a master piece. For some, the art of writing is a frightening feat that has the equivalent appeal of being water-boarded. If you would have told me five years ago that I would be forced to write a five-paged essay with the use of scholarly books as well as peer-reviewed articles, I would have silently wept tears of fear. My writing is something that has taken me years to evolve and continues to be a learning process. From a young age I had always done everything in my power to escape having to write. I felt as if I lacked some magical ability to connect. I feared that my readers would not be able to grasp my message. For some obscure reason I felt that I was not capable of reaching pass the margins of the page and into my reader’s minds. But if this class has taught me anything it is how to push past my own mind and enter a world of ambiguity, obscurity, and creativity.

The development of characters in novels is important to create captivating books for the audience. Today on Sunrise as part of our literature week, we are joined by American author Louis Sachar to discuss how he creates his characters, in a special interview with me, Aidan Ryan. Sachar is a well renowned author, having written more than 50 books, winning multiple awards. Thank you for flying out Louis and welcome to the show- it’s great to have you here.

John Gardner makes “Dragon Dragon” by pulling items from modern day technology to medieval times. He also makes a good lesson in the story. He uses the setting to bring humor.

Once upon a time, there was a guy who wanted to be an author. He wrote a couple of decent works and then got caught in a loop. This reviewer is setting it down here, so that he can try breaking out of it and stop crowding out other better-written books.