Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Creative Projects
What was the most challenging part about working on your creative project? What part did you most enjoy? What did you learn from doing such a project that you would not have learned if you had done a more traditional type of project? Would you have preferred to write a research paper or make a presentation at the end of the semester instead of a creative project?
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I truly loved working on this creative project and knew from the start that I would be writing a short story, I just didn't realize that this creative project would awaken the slumbering dream that I had almost lost but through this class, I found again. I wanted to honor my mother's memory and start something that I had always wanted to when I was a young adult. The first thing that I did was start creating names and my mother's name spelled backwards in Anomar, which is so beautiful sounding and already has that flavor of being mythological and fantasy-like. The most challenging aspect of my project was creating names and being as descriptive as I needed and wanted to be. The second most challenging aspect was with the fight scenes for I wanted to do a thorough job with them. The rest came naturally and once I sat down to write, my heart and soul just poured out the words as I wove my take. Once I started, I became so excited that all I could do was write, write and write some more until I had to stop myself at 19 pages and over 14000 words even though I really wanted to continue going. I am truly glad to have had this opportunity to create a world within my short story for I was always timid about starting such a grand project and I had doubts of being able to do so. I learned that I do have it inside myself to write a novel and should have never doubted my own abilities. I want to thank Dr. Donovan and the class for reminding me of something that was lost to me and now found. Watch out for my novel one day, for rest assured, I have found my calling and now know what I am destined for. Thank you all for being a truly positive influence on me through the semester in class and outside too.
While I was not very excited for the creative project at first, I grew to enjoy the work I was completing. When I first started to think of a project, I didn't think I had the skill or knowhow to write a good short story or do any sort of drawing or painting justice. But as the deadline approached, I had to pick something so I went with both. I knew I could probably do some decent sketches but to really place them in the context of Middle-earth I needed some kind of story to accompany them. I went from trying to write a story in poetry to writing a retelling of Aragorn's childhood to finally settling on a perspective on the story of the Witch-king of Angmar's wars with the Dúnedain. My project came together in a way that surprised me and that even I enjoy looking at. I learned it's best to start doing something toward a project instead of suffering over the decision of what to do, without making any progress. All in all, I'm glad I got to do this rather than write another paper.
-Vairë
For me, the most challenging part of the creative project was writing a song about The Hobbit, which required me to condense an entire book into a few minutes of music. I had to think carefully about the words I chose to use so that they would be both accurate and rhythmic. I most enjoyed reviewing what I had written and surprising myself with how well it came together. When I started, I felt like I didn't have a clear idea of what I wanted to do, so I didn't think it would come out as a cohesive project. I learned that analyzing Tolkien's works (and any work) doesn't have to be in the form of writing but can be in a way that I personally understand it (through writing music rather than writing a paper). I definitely would rather do this creative project than write a research paper or make a presentation.
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