A couple weeks ago we read a story about a little boy that wanted to see his dad at work. The little boy then took his mom's car and started driving it to try and see his dad. The car rolled off the side of the road right before the interstate. There was a driver behind him and a cop, so we could choose one of the perspectives of somebody in the story. After we choose somebodies perspective we then had to right about the events solely from their eyes. I decided to write from the perspective of the man driving the car behind him. When we were done with the first try Lacy then asked us to read some of ours. We all did it the same way, we all did it in a past tense looking back at it. So she challenged us to try and write it in the moment of all the events. This was different and interesting, now thinking back on it I don't think that I have really tried writing in the moment. It was a different kind of challenge, and you can tell by my writing that it was choppy and not flowing like it could have been. It is good that we challenge ourselves in our writing in order to grow as writers. Although everybody dreads challenges in the end a challenge is what helps you grow and become a stronger writer. I really like these different exercises that Lacy has us do that make us write in a different manner than what we are accustomed to. Thank you Lacy, for helping me grow as a writer.
I agree, it was a really good exercise to expand our writing skills. I sometimes notice if I'm trying to write in the moment, I have a couple verbs in the past tense, so I always have to re-read and fix my mistakes. It's like we're prone to write in the past for some reason. In the moment writing is more challenging for me as well.
ReplyDeleteI think back to this exercise pretty often when I am writing to remind myself of the "in the moment" idea.
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