I am now attending a creative writing course and am finding it heaven on earth! I love writing with an absolute passion and now that I am surrounded by people who share this, mind is buzzing with excitement. I love meeting all these people who have such interesting stories. There are about 15-20 people in this class with me and each one of them have something to say, lots of imagination and writing skills.
We have been doing lots of exercises that are meant to free the mind, to open up new doors to the imagination. One of these is where you write down 5 things, 5 different things. You start the timer for five minutes and when pen goes to paper you aren’t aloud to stop for 5 minutes, writing about subject one. Then you go onto the next subject and, again start the timer. You do this 3 more times until you have got 5 different pieces of work.
Anyway, it was brilliant and I go every Thursday evening for 2 hours. It finishes at the end of November, but that a long way off yet so I have plenty more time left.
:)
Friday, 17 September 2010
Wednesday, 15 September 2010
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
I have just finished reading this book and afterwards watched the film and here is what I think...
Although it was a rather good book it was slow at points and I stopped reading it for a while because I just got simply board with it. Yet, in truth, there are bits in it that are fantastic. For example; there is a lot of mystery in the book that isn't satisfied for until a lot further on. So there were mega boring bits and mega amazing bits... but out of everything, I have to say that the ending takes top prize.
I cried my eyes out at it, it was so, so very sad and I had to put the book down because I was crying so much. This book is very emotional and gets you right in the heart a lot of the time.
Now, in my books I prefer a bit more adventure, which I why (as well as it being incredibly slow at points) I give it a 3 star out of 5. But if you are a sucker for a hard, core romance with all the day to day life of a normal relationship but with a pretty large twist, then this is your type of book.
I did enjoy it a lot and I am walking away with a smile on my face as well as tears in my eyes.
And also, I have just watched the film which is very emotional as well. It sticks to the book as much as a film can, which is brilliant, and the actors who play the leading rolls (Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana) are perfect for it. I loved the film and recommend you to see it if you haven’t already.
Enjoy!!
Although it was a rather good book it was slow at points and I stopped reading it for a while because I just got simply board with it. Yet, in truth, there are bits in it that are fantastic. For example; there is a lot of mystery in the book that isn't satisfied for until a lot further on. So there were mega boring bits and mega amazing bits... but out of everything, I have to say that the ending takes top prize.
I cried my eyes out at it, it was so, so very sad and I had to put the book down because I was crying so much. This book is very emotional and gets you right in the heart a lot of the time.
Now, in my books I prefer a bit more adventure, which I why (as well as it being incredibly slow at points) I give it a 3 star out of 5. But if you are a sucker for a hard, core romance with all the day to day life of a normal relationship but with a pretty large twist, then this is your type of book.
I did enjoy it a lot and I am walking away with a smile on my face as well as tears in my eyes.
And also, I have just watched the film which is very emotional as well. It sticks to the book as much as a film can, which is brilliant, and the actors who play the leading rolls (Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana) are perfect for it. I loved the film and recommend you to see it if you haven’t already.
Enjoy!!
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