Writing Journal-Assignment 5

I chose the character I did because I was having a difficult time beginning the assignment, since I kept getting distracted by my music. And then I just decided to let my distraction be my inspiration. I had a really hard time creating a convincing character by “showing and not telling.” This is always my greatest challenge because I find it difficult to not let my writing get hindered by this type of logistical constraint. I felt like because I was trying to show so much, that some of her more substantial characteristics were left behind because I couldn’t just come and tell the reader that she was “x” of “y.” I wrote my story in a completely contemporary setting/circumstance that anyone, especially my peers, would recognize. I find it much more difficult to write in past time periods, rather than the contemporary. To be totally honest I was so completely fatigued by this assignment, it took me hours to try and show versus tell.