"Happiness Comes, Smile When It Does"
The This I Believe humanities project was a venture we took to get our ideas out there and heard in the world. We all were tasked to artistically and descriptively make a statement about something psychological that we believe in. In writing, we did this using two devices: a six word belief and a personal story/anecdote that connects. The story you are about to read below is about a stranger at a festival who looked at me and said one inspirational word, "smile", when I was already happy. From him, I learned positivity and sincerity. I have also learned kindness and of the power that one word has to change people. We each created art pieces as well. The picture you see above is my depiction of the bald man who was inspiring. He, I guess, holds stars in his hands.
Upon reflecting on this project, I am most appreciative of two important writing skills I have improved on. The first is in story telling. In creative writing, story telling is a skill vital to wannabe authors. During this project, I improved on this skill in a way that was core and raw in skill developing. This made it easier on us because we were not tasked with creating a story as we told it but were only tasked with one. Within storytelling, I have learned another vital skill for writing. I have learned how to include drama. How to put a dramatic spin on words without sounding cliche or cheesy. I have not mastered the skill but, I seem to have understood the basics of putting power into my language. Before, I used to write incomplete or short sentences one after another and, while this has effect, that can die when you do it too much. I not understand that, the only key to drama is adjectives. If you use descriptive words and allow the reader to visualize a situation, making them feel it is easy. It doesn't sound cheesy and it is not repetitive.
Upon reflecting on this project, I am most appreciative of two important writing skills I have improved on. The first is in story telling. In creative writing, story telling is a skill vital to wannabe authors. During this project, I improved on this skill in a way that was core and raw in skill developing. This made it easier on us because we were not tasked with creating a story as we told it but were only tasked with one. Within storytelling, I have learned another vital skill for writing. I have learned how to include drama. How to put a dramatic spin on words without sounding cliche or cheesy. I have not mastered the skill but, I seem to have understood the basics of putting power into my language. Before, I used to write incomplete or short sentences one after another and, while this has effect, that can die when you do it too much. I not understand that, the only key to drama is adjectives. If you use descriptive words and allow the reader to visualize a situation, making them feel it is easy. It doesn't sound cheesy and it is not repetitive.