Friday, November 14, 2014
Blog #12
Brainstorming Short Essay #2
While reading the short essays on Brevity I got some inspiration from some of the pieces. I loved the innocence and the raw truth that was given in "Punch Line." I also gravitated towards the artsy way Jill Talbot wrote her piece. Once we discussed it in class I realized how profound it really was. The piece I liked best was "Cake." I could feel her suffocation and resistance towards her husband in that piece. She made me feel her fear and anxieties of being stuck in a marriage that didn't make her happy. I also really wanted her to eat the cake. It gave me the feeling that she never did things for herself and by her eating the cake it was her way of liberating herself. I want to write a piece like that. I want my reader to feel that yearning and anxiousness that I felt when I read that piece. I want to write with Jill Talbot's art and creativity. I want to be raw and honest like the "Punch Line" piece. I don't know what I want to write yet but I know that I want to take all of these attributes and use them somehow in my story.
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OMG you Cake was my favorite. You are absolutely right about her feeling trapped in her marriage and I loved the way she made the readers sense that without saying it directly. Also, I am happy she ate that last piece of cake , it was daring and wrong but sometimes we do things even though we know its wrong just to satisfy ourselves. I've been on a diet and cheated many times just because during a stressful situation, it was my comfort. I think that it was just something she had to do. I keep thinking about the story you shared in class, I think you have the ability to make readers feel so I cant wait to see what you come up with.
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