For my first piece of original writing I intend to create a piece
primarily written for entertainment however, I also want to portray an
interest into historical and political persuasions.
I aim to write this piece for an audience of teenagers to young adult
who are aged from around fifteen to twenty-five and are male, I also
wish to identify with those interested in political thrillers within
this age range. The genre of which shall be a short fiction story
consisting chiefly of narrative and written in the third person. I
picture this piece as being one of a collection of short stories
concerned with the political-thriller fiction sub-genre. Despite being
a fiction text I aim to tie in real world non-fiction.
I was inspired to write a story of this nature after watching Luc
Besson’s ‘The Professional’, alongside reading material from Robert
Harris, such as ‘Archangel’, ‘Fatherland’ and ‘Enigma’. I had previous
experience reading this genre and being a big fan of Robert Ludlum I
wanted to emulate the thrill I experienced from his work, in my own.
To gain a firmer understanding of the style I would be pursuing I
began to view examples of historical references from encyclopedias and
journals and I also read books of historical sub-genre.
This is my final draft of this piece and I have made various
alterations from the previous drafts to enhance it. In general the
changes were simple things such as correcting spelling and
punctuation, slightly more significant was the rewording of concluding
paragraphs to make it tidier and read or flow better. The most salient
modification was trimming the use of figurative language; its use
brings visual framework to the piece however overdoing it resulted in
an awkward read.
The changes I have made were a result of feedback I had attained from
my friends, family and potential audiences who read my first drafts
and gave me their honest opinions regarding it. I consider the changes
I have made prior to completion have certainly improved the final
Academic colleagues like, David Greenburg, would have been exasperated, part from envy of McCullough’s ability in not only story telling but to sell and he would object to the approach of this book. The colleagues would tear at the lack of compelling rationale for an overused topic, as well as the scene setting, and meager analysis.
An example of literature is brought up, where for no apparent reason the historical novel became a popular genre and everyone was reading and writing them despite the fact that the genre had been around for a very long time. He used this example to give a concrete example if his idea, and it appeals to the audience’s
In the history of literature, perhaps the most explored genre is the historical novel. From the Epic of Gilgamesh to the present day, authors have taken historical facts and interpreted them novelistically. When no facts are available, the author may extrapolate missing parts of the story from two sources -- either through the interpretation of the existing scholarly data or through the author's imagination. These two approaches to 'filling in the gaps' of a historical novel can either appease the historian and displease the literary critic or please the literary critic and upset the historian. Very few novelists can produce a historically accurate novel that is also pleasing to a literary critic; to do so would be very difficult because the novelistic plot structure hardly ever follows the structure of truthful historic events. A novelistic writing about a battle in World War Two would be bound to either an accurate portrayal of the events around the main character or a convincing depiction of the people involved. If the author chose to write about turrets, casualty statistics, and troop movements, he would surely sacrifice much of the artistic content of the novel. If the author chose to focus on character and plot, then the writer couldn't portray the event with the specificity it requires. However, the exception to these guidelines appears when a novelist chooses to write a historical novel about a time or a person when large portions of the historical picture is still either unknown or up for scholarly debate. This condition presents itself infrequently to the historical novelist, in circumstances where few people witnessed or spoke about the event, or through an event so ancient tha...
In the world of literature, there are many themes that exist in a variety of genres. In the Gettysburg Address, a speech made by 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln tries to reassure listeners that the country’s problems will be resolved in the midst of war. The American Civil War has caused many domestic issues, provoking panic from the general public. George J. Mitchell’s opinion essay, Peace isn’t Impossible, attempts to convince readers that the conflicts and tensions in Northern Ireland should end as soon as possible. Catholics and Protestants, to this day, are in tensions and turmoil, over the topic of religion. The visual, A Man Knows a Man, drawn by an unknown artist, tries to convey the union of the North and South after the American Civil War. In the war, the North and South divided over states’ rights and slavery debates. Lastly, Liam O’Flaherty’s short story The Sniper, illustrates the events that take place two brothers, on opposing sides, during the Irish Civil War. The main character, the Republican sniper, favors independent rule by the Irish, while the brother, who is a Free-Stater, favors the division of Ireland by the British.
“Men, for many of you, today is your first day training as a Knight of Camelot,” said Prince Arthur to the group standing before him. “And be grateful you’re not stuck in a torrential downpour as I was on my first day of training here on this very field. The sun is shining and I plan to work you hard.”
I was drifting off to sleep when I heard a knock at the door. I unlocked the door and opened it, only to find a masked man standing before me. Suddenly, a punch was thrown at me, and I fell to the ground. My vision started to blur and I started to lose consciousness. The darkness crept across my eyes slowly until everything was completely black.
Ritters, Naoimi, and .Jeffrey B. Berlin. "the Tradition of European Decadence." Approaches to teaching Mann's Death in Venice and other short fiction. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1992. 86-92. Print.
she always used to wish for a way to escape her life. She saw memories
The two ninjas were barely moving as they ate their dinner. Kakashi sighed. "Looks like those two wore themselves out from using too much chakra. I told you to train, but not train from dawn to dusk. I'm assuming that you managed to learn most of the jutsu from the scrolls?"
“Ring...ring...ring…” Morgan’s phone went, early that Saturday morning as her teammates started texting her about the big game today. She obviously didn’t care about the game yet because she was still deciding whether or not she should get out of bed. But then, Morgan quickly glanced at her phone and walked into the kitchen to see her dad cooking her favorite before games, bacon and eggs. She sat at the table waiting for some food while her mom and brother were still asleep. Her father, Ryan, lifted his head to see Morgan getting her uniform out of the dryer before announcing, “The food is ready, Morgan!” with a smile on his face. Morgan set down her uniform and sprinted toward the table with food on it. She gobbled up her food, then went to
My Papa says I have a special gift, she told me it isn’t normal to see the things I see. Purple sounds like low deep G note (papa taught me the piano keys). The sound of birds chirping looks like blurry yellow blob, repetitively, following the beat of each chirp; they taste also taste like sunflower seeds. I like eating Bird Chirps.
I am Katelyn Zdanowicz sister of Becca and daughter of Amy. Austin is not really family, so we are planning on killing him soon. We are going on a trip to the New World. Everybody is packed and ready for the trip to the New World. We don’t know how long it will be, so we brought a lot of supplies to keep us alive such as a giant blanket, medicine, a needle and thread, seeds, food, water, fishing equipment, tools, knives, rubbing alcohol, dishes, and candles. We need to kill Austin on the ship so we don’t waste any supplies on him. We have extra supplies in his suitcase because all he wanted to bring was alcohol. We need board in the morning at 8:00 sharp, so we need to board the ship called the Speedwell soon so we can meet up with the Mayflower for our journey. The Speedwell is going to take us there, but we hear that it is leaking, so I don’t know if we will make it the whole way without going on the Mayflower.
Taking a creative writing class was a good way for me to express my thoughts and feelings onto paper, as well as read my other classmates stories. Reading stories created by other people lead me into their mind brain to experience what type of writer they were, it was an overall exquisite class. I believe that every person has a way of expressing who they are through writing stories of their own, fiction is the best way to express your creative imagination. This class that I took for two years helped me become a better writer and helped me understand the types of writers we have.
There are many reasons to write. Entreating by writing a story, informing by writing a letter and persuading by writing an essay. I started to learn how to read and write in elementary school. As I got older and further in my education I got better at reading and writing. My favorite kind of writing is creative writing. Elementary school taught me how to write essays. Middle school taught me how to write letters. High school taught me how to write a story. Elementary, middle, and high school where very important in my writing development.
In the twelve years I was in school, I learn three forms of writing, essay, letters, and stories. My favorite form of writing is creative writing. My least favorite is writing a letter. The reason I prefer creative writing over the other, form is because I have the freedom to make up anything. The reason I dislike writing letter is because many letters have different formats. For example, I can’t uses the friendly letter format on a business letter; I would have to use block format. Even though I prefer creative writing, my most commonly used skill is to write essays. Though, I may find essay writing a chore, I still prefer it over letter writing. Among these books I still read The Odyssey and Macbeth, for inspiration.