What We've Written So Far

CREATIVE WRITING WORKS

GINA

·         “How Do I Love Thee”

An imitation with a twist of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's overly romantic "How Do I Love Thee. "

·         “The Best Thing in the World”

A response to Browning's "The Best Thing In The World" questioning the ideas suggested in the original piece.

·         “Untold Fairytales”

The lives of Malibu teen Amira and third world citizen Naala in Lebanon are compared and contrasted in a fictional short story.

·         Imitation of Sharon Olds’ “I Go Back to May 1937”

PARIS

·         “First Internship” Scott Rudin/ Internship Narrative

             (nonfiction narrative about NY internship at 16)

I had my first internship when I was 16 in New York City. Being only 16, I was a nervous wreck at first but as time went on I quickly adjusted and learned so much about responsibility and the city.

·         “Tuesday Evening”

A one act play that explores the art of the conversation between two opposite strangers in a subway car. The longer they are in there, the more we find out about these two characters.

MADELINE

·         “Looking Back”

Nonfiction narrative about post surgery which focuses on a young girl who experienced a traumatic back surgery. Starting from when she wakes up she puts together the scattered pieces of hardship and support she dealt with. This previously untold story gives insight to the true emotions of a patient.

·         “Growing Up”

The current poem I’m writing is about growing up and the things I’ve learned in the process. It is emphasizes changes and hardships as well as joys and achievements. The structure mirrors how I’ve been structured growing up. When I was younger it is free verse and as I get old it becomes couplets.

CHLOE

·         “Dark Face”

Narrative poem about baboon attack on safari.

·         Child of the Night

Short story about a suburban girl who finds herself in the midst of a high profile prostitution realm.

ALI

·         “An Ode to the Rocket”

·         “The Rocket’s Ode Back to You Engineers”

(odes to rocketeers and rockets)

·         “CI-0005, 15:55” and “Sky Lanterns” (Week Two)

Taiwan Trip（台湾的旅：导语）(nonfiction memoir about flying to Taiwan)

I articulate how and why I was able to overcome hesitation-- in this instance, it was manning up and flying halfway around the world, essentially on my own. I think what I want to impart to the reader is that although courage may seem hard to muster, it is invaluable if one is trying to make life meaningful and substantial. Experimenting with conversational prose and lots of personal anecdotes, I am also branching out of another comfort zone: my style of writing. Instead of my normal, rigid verse better suited for poetry, I think that my colloquialisms and sometimes embarrassing insights will make the reader all the more comfortable and, hopefully, my journey all the more relatable and inspiring.

JULIANNE

·         Admitted

·         Admitted Mirrored

      poems about college admissions

·         Black Polo

       poem about being a senior

·         Survival

·         “Growth”: a bound book of poems

My book of poetry is based around the concept of growth. This theme includes the physical and emotional growth of someone, something or a group of people. The book consists of an array of rhyming, non rhyming, and both short and long poems. Although a few poems are more intense, I've included whimsical and upbeat poetry, to keep the reader at their feet. I've started off my book with an opening poem which reveals the theme. Since the opening poem gives away the theme immediately, I thought of the idea of gradually masking each poem. By the last poem, the theme is less obvious, forcing the reader to explore different interpretations of the poem. The first few poems reveal the theme more obviously, however as the book progresses, the theme is less apparent.

MICHAEL

·         Vain Prayer

Poem mimicking the nature, tone, and context of prayer in the perspective of a earthly, desperate and desolate man.

·         December’s Evolution

Poem/Play: An unbridled and unfounded effort to invert the hierarchy of creative works, placing writing in a place of primacy in place of meaning.

TYLER

·         “More than Footprints”

Nature poem seeking meaning for one’s imprint; Reflecting on Nature to remind us that we have an impact just as Nature does.

·         “It Really Doesn’t Mean That”

A satirical poem combating the original poem, told from the perspective of someone who is not as positive and doesn’t connect with the vivid imagination and sweet encouragement that poets sometimes offer.

·         “Truths from and Inside Outsider (Poetry Book, on hold for now)

A diary almost except written in poetry, each poem defines certain situations or issues in one specific characters life.

·         Villains (screenplay)

Original project, action, comedy, drama in which underdogs and “zeroes” decide they are tired of being overlooked and underestimated. Having all gone through rough times and sharing a love for comic book villains they decide to join together and become real life Villians. However they aren’t just evil villains they are working against the government and the wealthy who neglect the needy like them. All of the money from their showy heists and major robberies go to shelters and orphanages that the government refuses to tend to. In a paradoxical way they are heroes to the oppressed but to the wealthy or selfish they are their worst enemies.

PAULINA

·         “The Final Goodbye” (long poem)

"The Final Goodbye" is a poem I wrote about a personal experience. I wrote about myself in the third person and how I felt when I found out my grandfather had passed.

·         Girl Displaced (short fictional story)

My new project which has yet to be titled is completely fictional. It's a story about a girl with depression going through social problems and how she tries to live her life while she's caught in several different problems.