Week of November 2-8: Process Post
The in class activity this week was a lot different than what I expected. I never thought about so many different things that could go into creating a character for a story. The more things you come up with to describe this character and the more “real” they are, the better your story can be. You can base your character off of somebody you know of be completely creative and come up with somebody that has never existed at all. Creating every minor detail of this character made me feel like I knew him. It made me feel that I knew what he was thinking and how he would react in any situation I could possibly put him in, in a story. Writing the story is so much easier when your character is already created. The biggest part left is to just add a situation and the story is is much easier and less stressful to write.
Being sick and trying to keep up with class is very stressful. All I want to do is sleep all the time because my body is struggling to fight off the illness. If I didn’t force myself to be up for a certain amount of hours, it seems that I could sleep for days straight. Coffee helps a little, but is not sufficient. I’m hoping to be better soon. There is nothing that I can do except get plenty of rest and try my best to keep up with everything going on in life.
