Reflection #2

 Fictionalizing my work was both difficult and easy. The reason why it was difficult was because I had to chose the right moment that would appeal to the public but also not be too emotional that every time I read it I can't stop weeping. So I decided to go with the feeling of losing someone since many people have experienced that feeling. After I choose the event It became easier and easier to write about it since I was finally letting emotions out. The easy part was past the personal experience. Once I began to fictionalize my piece I became obsessed with expressing that "alone" feeling or even better the feeling of losing your comfort. As I added more detail fictionalization came swiftly and naturally. As I went on my lies became truths and my new truth became a person which the reader has feeling for and can go through what the character did.
  Distancing my work from my emotions was very hard at some points due to the fact that I had to relive that moment of sorrow in my head just like my protagonist in the short story. I felt that lost, I felt myself once again losing comfort in the world. As I went further on in my writing I realized it became easier to set aside my feeling from the writing while still utilizing it in my piece. As I kept writing there were times when I had to stop but not because of my personal incidence but I had become obsessed with showing the world how my character felt. Author Sue Miller once said "The fact is, you can make a story of anything, anything at all. What's hard - and what's interesting about a story is not so much the thing that's in it, but what's made of,"(Virtual Reality: The peril of seeking a novelist's facts in her fiction, page 158). I found myself mixing events and descriptions to make sure what my story pie was made of was exiting and fresh instead of the same old apples everyone puts in their stories.
   Part of our work must always be in our writing because we must tap into our senses to write great pieces. We must seek what fascinates us what captivates us. If we do not focus our emotions in our writing we are just reporting on events and not guiding our readers to one side of the argument whether is your side or the enemy's. When we put our emotions in our writing readers can relate and will continue to read on because they now care for this fictional character which no longer feels fake. The emotion of a piece is what sets the tone which is what sets the mood of the piece. Sue Miller also said "Surely the writer's job is to make relevant the world she wishes to write about." (Page 159). If the writers don't grab the reader the reader will simply not read because you have not given them reason to do otherwise.