Yes! Thank goodness we had Monday
off of school for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Unfortunately, this means I had left all my homework for today. Sitting on the couch with my FHE brothers,
who also share the same procrastination habits as I do, I sat contemplating
what to write for my tiny stories. Looking
back at the Very Short Story twitter page from the reading, I was amazed at how
much of a story you could tell in just a few short words. I knew I wanted to have a light-hearted,
comical effect like these stories did while still getting my message
across. I began to think back to many,
but not so many, years ago when I went on trek.
As we hiked throughout the day, we would stop at little vignettes where
a short story was shared or acted out, or a musical piece from that time period
was played. This reminded us why we were
spending a valuable weekend in our young adult lives dressed up in pioneer
clothes pushing a handcart. These
vignettes were no major productions.
They were just tiny stories that sent a message and made us think. It is amazing how much a simple phrase, song,
or art piece can play on someone’s emotion.
After all this thinking, I felt I
was still nowhere closer to finishing my tiny stories. My efforts of getting this project done were
turning out unsuccessful as we all sat singing along to Bryson’s playlist. That is when I decided to draw inspiration
from the song titles that were distracting me from my never-ending pile of
homework. Thus, the titles of my 5 short
stories were born. As I kept writing, I
discovered a theme recurring in all my stories: In the real world, we do not
always get what we want. As I drew my
pictures, I decided to keep the illustrations black and white. This reflects my characters wants that are
not being completely fulfilled. I hope
my audience will realize what I am trying to say in my stories. Or maybe it will just bite me in the butt;
like I said, in the real world, we do not always get what we want.
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