Edited Porfolio

"Sundays" is now in my portfolio

Edited Portfolio

Epiphany, Sweet Satisfaction, and Forced Poetry all have been put in semi-manuscript format

Edited Portfolio

Please switch "Ryan and Nickoli" with "Waffles and Chatty Cathy."


Both "Waffles and Chatty Cathy" and "Ryan and Nickoli" were updated

Thanks

Thank you for coming to speak to us on Thursday. I found what you told us to be informative, and inspiring. You answered a lot of my questions (quite literally), and I thought it was cool that you spent the time to actually figure out the Capitol Metro bus system to be able to come down here. That is a feat in of itself that many people from here don't even know how to do. I'll definantly keep my eyes open now to find more inspiration.

Witch-Wife
by Edna St. Vincent Millay

She is neither pink nor pale,
And she never will be all mine;
She learned her hands in a fairy-tale,
And her mouth on a valentine.

She has more hair than she needs;
In the sun `tis a woe to me!
And her voice is a string of coloured beads,
Or steps leading into the sea.

She loves me all that she can,
And her ways to my ways resign;
But she was not made for any man,
And she never will be all mine.


I like how she is aware the woman isn't hers, yet she speaks of her as if she is. She makes the subect of the poem sound like a doll, made of this thing or that thing "not made for any man" but yet "she never will be all mine." It's short and sweet and to the point, but you can see a much longer story that may lie underneath.

Questions for Eddie

In the article for your play "Lucky", you mentioned people shouldn't need to put a label on themseves sexually, especially when they're young because they may later have to go back and change that label. How much of this attitude translates into all of your works, if it does appear in everything that you write?


Is there a piece of work that you've started that by the end of it not only was it the story you wanted, but it actually was a decent piece of writing? Was it something that was published?


Where is the one place you suggest that every writer should go at least once to try and gain some inspiration for their works?

Testing out the Template//Temporary Portfolio

Allison White
This portfolio is to show how creative my writing is.
Section 1 - My best work
The following pieces are three that I have put my blood, sweat, and tears into. I am proud of what they turned out to be, and hope you can see why I am so satisfied with them.

Ryan and Nickoli
Short story about two highschool sweethearts see each other again for the first time at their ten year reunion. Although they have gone through great changes, they begin to find a way to be in each other's lives again.
Lizzy
Short story about a girl's dislike for a nick name, and why that came to be.
Sundays
Non-Fiction short story about my step brother's death and funeral.

Section 2- My Range
This is where I show all my different styles of writing. It'll give insight on why they aren't up in section one.

Waffles and Chatty Cathy
Short screenplay about two friends who exchange stories of their bad mornings, and resolve the issues throughout the day. Co-Writer Emma Murray.
Sweet Satisfaction
Short story about conflict within a relationship.
Epiphany
Short humor piece on everyday realizations.
Forced Poetry
Poem about my views on poetry that must be in a certain form with defined rules.

Section 3- My Process
Here, you'll get to see the painful process some of my pieces of work have to go through before I'm happy with them. In this case, it is also one of the stories I think is one of my bests, Lizzy.

Lizzy-
Rough Draft
Revision(s) with comments
Final piece
Short essay describing their personal writing process

Overall, I like this template. It makes things easy to find for someone who may be looking. Looking at this, it helped me decide which pieces of work I want out there for somebody to read, and which things will probably be best left to rot right now.