Creative Writng; Tuesday, Period Two [ 03/07 ].

[a_demosthenes]

There was nothing particularly special about Valentine's class when the students moseyed their way in. Just a classroom, and a young woman sitting on a desk up front with a friendly smile for each of them, and CREATIVE WRITING written in very big letters on a chalkboard behind her, along with a quote:

"I have been successful probably because I

Comments

Sign In - CW, 03/07.

[a_demosthenes]

With your soon-to-be nom de plume.

Re: Sign In - CW, 03/07.

[thatwasafreebie]

Lillian Bluth

Re: Sign In - CW, 03/07.

[abitlowkey]

Loki Laufeyson

Re: Sign In - CW, 03/07.

[iwishiwasbig]

Arnold Douglas

During the Lecture - CW, 03/07.

[a_demosthenes]

Where Valentine is slightly talky meat and was half considering making everyone put on sports jackets with leather patches on the elbow.

...She still might make you do that, you know.

Re: During the Lecture - CW, 03/07.

[thatwasafreebie]

Okay, truthfully, Maeby was just in this class to help problems like when she got stuck with a multmillion dollar script that had no ending. But she was actually intrigued by the idea of a writer self. And of pretending not to be related to her parents. That was a big one.

Re: During the Lecture - CW, 03/07.

[iwishiwasbig]

Dave had no idea what he was getting into when he signed up for this class, apparently. He wasn't a great liar. The number of times he'd almost admitted to being a Canadian spy when he wasn't even a spy was proof of that.

Still, he'd have to try.

Introductions - CW, 03/07.

[a_demosthenes]

Who is your writer self? Introduce yourself with your chosen writerly name and tell us a little story about who your writerly self is, constructed around two lies and a nugget of truth.

Re: Introductions - CW, 03/07.

[thatwasafreebie]

"My name is Lillian Bluth," Maeby said. "The Bluth family is --"

Wait, did anybody here actually know the Bluths? Nobody seemed to be reacting, so she was going to keep going.

"-- we're old money. Very traditional. So home has a lot of rules, you know? And I'm not really big on rules. I don't want to disappoint them, but I want to express myself, and be creative. Half the family faints when anybody's name ends up in the paper, even if it was for doing something good."

This, from a girl whose mother got into a catfight at a low-rent Denny's.

"I want to be me, not just a Bluth. I want to go on adventures, and they want me home at bedtime. Sometimes I feel like I'm not even related to them at all."

Re: Introductions - CW, 03/07.

[a_demosthenes]

"Lillian Bluth," mused Valentine with an amused smile on her face, head tilted and reveling in how the idea of getting them to tell mostly lies rather than truths could potentially reveal just as much as getting straight truth. All conjecture, of course, but it made for a fun game. "Nice to meet you. So you're...like a rebel with a writing cause."

Re: Introductions - CW, 03/07.

[thatwasafreebie]

"Yeah," Maeby said. Wait, that sounded way too much like her. Time to channel her inner George Michael. "If you think that's okay. Maybe I should get one of those pen names so they don't know it's me. I don't want to upset anyone."

Maeby would take an ad out in Worst Moms Magazine if she thought her mom read it. Or would care.

Talk to V. A. Waters - CW, 03/07.

[a_demosthenes]

Should she be needed, she's available and ready to go.

OOC - CW, 03/07.

[a_demosthenes]

By all means, please feel free to ping off each other during any of these classes. Valentine's definitely a messy-class sort of teacher.