9/29/10

The Art Of Story-Telling



There's something about a story that draws us to it, whether it be the characters or the setting there's always one person that "likes" the story. I find myself attracted to stories written from foreigners in foreign settings because they give me a chance to visualize people, places I've never been before. Let's take for example J.K Rowling and The Harry Potter Series: Ms. Rowling currently lives in Scotland and a lot of the books takes place in Scotland where Harry lives boards for school, flies a mythical creature across a beautiful lake, discovers the "real" traitor Peter Pettigrew and defeats the most dangerous dark wizard, Voldemort, a crazy mad man who believes only people of pure blood deserve to practice magic. Aside from the foreign setting, it takes a lot of imagination, different perspectives to make a story that is both entertaining and teaching readers things such as how bullying isn't nice and how
people are affected by it.

This is what my play should be like. It should both entertain and inform my audience.
I want my audience to be able to connect to the characters in my stories but not assume their characteristics. So don't think it's cool to sneak away from the dorms because Harry, Ron and Hermione do so in every book. Instead think of the friendship those three have and how they balance off one another: Harry wouldn't have been able to defeat Voldemort if he Ron and Hermione hadn't helped and stuck with him all the way. They gave him purpose to keep fighting and for that reason he ultimately overcame the dark wizards's power. I know for my part, that when Harry's mentor died, I cried because I too came to love the character and how they were willing to keep Harry safe from all costs.

So, emotion plays a crucial part too. In a good play, most people cry or are too overjoyed that the lovers finally get together because of the hardships they've had to face while separate. It's sappy but romantic plays, films are among the most talked about but yes it does create a false image as to what Love is. And so, with all this said, I think this Ted Talk does a really good explaining how people perceive people of different origins through stories, novels and not just that but how authors themselves kind of put themselves in it.

9/12/10

Looking through my classmates personal blogs, I found that many of them are ambitious projects that make feel like I have to step up to the plate. How will I write and produce a theatrical performance in less than nine months? Most people who write plays for a living take a year or two to finish one.

I shouldn't put myself down though, this is the beginning of my career as a genuine writer, poet, playwright and romantic. Mistakes are bound to happen, but I've learned that's how many pick themselves up and become better at what they're trying to accomplish. I know this for a fact because of Mr. Duncan's math class, I'm not the best person to ask help for when it comes to math but I do my best to show how I came up with an answer. So you see, there is more than one way to complete a task.

To my classmates, I hope we all finish these projects having accomplished something we can call our own.

9/3/10

Plot/Story


Finally, I have the story planned out. Here is how it goes...


Rosa Pastel has self-esteem issues. She's slightly overweight
and everyone at school teases her because of it, even her mother
tells her she needs to lose weight.

On her 16th birthday, she receives a pair of earrings from
her estrange grandfather. She looks at them more closely,
they're strawberry shaped earrings! That same night,
Rosa's younger sibling, Diamante, is kidnapped by a
mysterious figure who claims to be " pure evil ".

Rosa undertakes the quest in saving her sister and comes to discover the
purpose of her earrings.


And That's the story so far.