Creative Writing: Christopher Paolini's Influence Cycle

There are many aspects for my mind to conceive while reading the articles why I write by George Orwell and Joan Didion. There are many different factors in triggering an author’s imagination to come up with what they want to write, and why they want to write it. In most writings a purpose is not found before the writer writes, but often found after they decide to start writing.

Writing can be time consuming and each author must be passionate in their piece. Vetter explains, “The truth is that writing is a blood sport […] which is why those who are any good at it look older than their contemporaries, snap at children on the street, live alone.” Becoming a good writer takes persistence and patience. As an individual

Writing may be an enthralling experience for one and a clever way to decompress for another. In general, however, writing has different purposes for a variety of people. “Why I Write,” written in the late 20th century by Terry Tempest Williams, describes various reasons for writing narrated from a female’s perspective. The short essay begins in the middle of the night with a woman engulfed in her own thoughts. She abruptly goes forth by reciting the multiple reasons why she continues to write in her life. Through a variety of rhetorical devices such as repetition, imagery, analogies, and symbolism, Terry Tempest Williams produces an elegant piece of writing that offers the audience insight into the narrator’s life and forces the audience to have empathy for the narrator with the situation she is incurring.

When I was eight or nine years old, I decided I wanted to be a writer. By this age, I had already gone through the phases of wanting to be an artist, a cook, an astronaut and was extremely satisfied with my new choice of profession. After all, I loved to read so why not write? Reading was my true love: during second grade, I conquered all of Harry Potter over the course of two months. My mom’s rule was that I had to read the book before watching the movie, so I read and read. I would compete in, and win, all the school reading competitions as well as the summer library competitions. Writing, I decided, was the next natural step.

Why do you write? Is it because you love to write or ,you have to write for a school assignment or etc. I know Stephen King writes because he loves it. Every day he is willing to block the world out and just write. He encourages others to be willing to shut a door and write in other words block the world out and get rid of distractions and just write your heart out. I found this quote to be interesting in his piece”When you write,you want to get rid of the world do you not?... When you’re writing, you’re creating your own worlds”(21,King). I love the message this sends use your imagination, express yourself through your writing.That’s what I hope to be able to achieve. On the other hand some writers write because they feel like they have

Creativity allows people to find their purpose to write without feeling like it isn’t good enough when it gets read. Schwalbe claims that the importance of writing freely is to enjoy the process of writing and also enjoy reading what is being written. “Reading isn’t just a strike against narrowness, mind control, domination: It’s one of the world’s great joys.” (Schwalbe, 20) When writing, the words should make sense that they flow freely onto the page and be read without any confusion. Sometimes when we write, we get stuck, especially when we must write a certain way that we may not understand.

Why do I like writing so much? It could be the way the words play in my mind like a movie or the way the characters shape themselves in my head. It could be how I react to the character’s death the same way an audience reacts in a play. It could be how it takes me sometimes hours to come up with one line, but one line that is perfect. A writer is like an artist to a painting or the director of a movie except without the paintbrush or video camera. Writing takes me somewhere else; sometimes it’s a beach or a bench at a park. After hours of brainstorming, writing and editing I feel pride flow through my

All the stories and essays I had written for my creative writing and English classes in college were kept in a wicker basket in my small apartment room. One morning, I went through everything to try and part with some material. I picked up my portfolio from a writing class I had my junior year and began reading the story I submitted as my final piece. I knew that reading it now meant I would be cringing at the young, flawed writer I was. Except I wasn’t focused on the writer as I read through, but the person.

Manjot Suprai English 1020 Brian Foley Process Paper #2 “Why I Write” “I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.” These were the words of Joan Didion in her piece of writing in “Why I Write”. People write for many different reasons.

The biggest obstacle that stands between me and my writing is me. I schedule my writing time, but find I'm a better writer when I am writing in a flow versus in a time crunch. My thoughts are natural and free flowing when they are not rushed. I understand that when I am paid to write, and deadlines loom, I need to maintain a schedule. For me, writing isn't a hobby or a pastime, it’s a necessity. It’s how I survive.

Ever since Richards was a kid, he was good at reading but his passion was to write. He never wrote short stories or plays to help his writing. However, Richard’s dream about becoming a writer only lasted four weeks when he started university. This is because he messed up on an assignment and decided to drop the assignment and the course.

As much as I dread writer’s block, I see it as an opportunity to take a much deserved break. Sometimes you just have to push away from your writing and take a break. We writers ought to rest. The situation we dread does call us to drop the pen or log off for a while and embark on activities other than writing.

Writing has always been something I dread. It’s weird because I love talking and telling stories, but the moment I have to write it all down on paper, I become frantic. It’s almost as if a horse race just begun in my mind, with hundreds of horses, or words, running through my mind, unable to place them in chronological order. Because I struggle to form satisfying sentence structure, it takes me hours, sometimes even days, to write one paper. It’s not that I think I’m a “bad writer,” I just get discouraged easily. Needless to say, I don’t think highly of my writing skills. When I was little I loved to both read and write. I read just about any book I could get my hands on, and my journal was my go to for my daily adventures. Although it’s

Writer’s block is a term to describe a creative block when people are unsure and lost on how to go about with their writing. It is not as simple as the inability to continue writing a story or a painting, but it is about being unable to produce something, whether it be creative or not. This term is not isolated to writers specifically, this creative block applies to all those who practice the art — artists, composers, poet, choreographers. In this essay, I shall explain a few relatively common causes of writer’s block and give some advice on the techniques to overcome this obstacle. Moreover, I will be referring to several sources, my own experiences to the techniques I will examine and how I would usually deal with writer’s block.

From a young age, reading and writing has always been important to me. It began with a children’s book about a bumblebee my mom repeatedly read to me to make me believe anything was achievable, even a bumblebee flying. Once I learned how to read for myself, a whole new world opened up to me with every story imaginable. As TV became the prevalent pastime before and after school, reading faded to the background, a thing of the past. However, writing continued to be something I did often, especially in school, where it was introduced to me in third grade. Eventually my writing had to evolve from creative and fictional to analytical and persuasive. I had to learn new skills and essay formats, proper grammar and spelling, and no longer felt the enthusiasm I once felt with creating a story of my own. Previously, my best work came when I had the freedom to write without regulation.