Word-Count Wednesdays!

Word Count goal: 1500

What am I working on?
I've been working on a short story for a while but I keep editing so who knows when it'll be done, hopefully soon!

How do I feel about this process?
Anxious? I'm ready to write but my brain's like "nope not today". So until my brain decides to cooperate I got nothing.

What am I reading now?
I'm rereading The Kite Runner by Khaled Hoosseini. I absolutely love this book!!

The Wonder Years

This experiment has taken me a while to complete, but I finally did it! It was just one of those things where I would write a word or two and then my mind would go blank. After stepping away from it for a little bit I have managed to come up with something somewhat decent (at least for me). Please feel free to leave any comments or critiques! Thank You!!!

The Wonder Years

With your great big eyes you gaze

at this world of blood and ice

no dream too big, no sky too high

only your ever-growing mind

Your days are long, no need to hide

from those leather faces that terrorize

 

Chorus:

Oh they gave you hope

 Then robbed your home

of memories you never feared

but now you look back at the wonder years

wishing they were here

 

With an open mind you glorify

the sacred ones who only lie

they fill your head with butterflies

and forget to tell you they'll always fly away

they're not here to stay

but in time you'll learn to cry

your face, oh no it won't stay dry

and your fears aren't gone

they'll make you strong

 

Chorus:

Oh they gave you hope

 Then robbed your home

of memories you never feared

but now you look back at the wonder years

wishing they were here

 

Yes they told you you were perfect

that you shouldn't even change a thing

but this world is unforgiving

how cold can it really be

the days are short but the hours are long

the rest of the world, they stopped singing along

they don't have the fight to be where you belong

so stop the routine, and be who you were taught to be

turn those lies into reality.

 

 

 







Who am I??

Hello everyone! My name is Alondra!  I've written and rewritten this more times than I can count so here it goes...
Well first of all I am extremely excited to be a part of this creative writing class! Writing is such a powerful an influential way of expressing oneself. The one  thing I love the most about writing is that you can escape into a different world, you can forget about the world for a few hours and become a part of a different universe. A story can have the power to change the world, hopefully in a positive way. So one of my goals is to influence/change the world, you know nothing too big or anything! Another goal of mine is to be able to write a script or story for film. Film and writing can both have similar effects, they both allow the viewer or reader to escape into an alternate world or situation. The main difference is that writing allows the reader to visualize the story for themselves, whereas in a movie the story is told in a specific point of view.
This was just a very tiny piece of my brain in expressed in word form. I'll do my best to keep  up with this blog, I've never done anything like this so it will be a challenge, but I'll try! I hope you're not half asleep by now, if you are it's okay, it won't hurt my feelings (well maybe just a little, but I'll get over it)!
p.s, please ignore the overuse of exclamation marks!! (I can't help it!!!)