Author: jdamours

The category for this week’s daily creates was writing

1. #tdc5239 #ds106 #dailycreate What’s the last book you read? Share it with us, as a photo, or as a review 

The last book I read was called Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden. 

• I found this book to be a very emotional read, as the situations that occur in the book could be likely to happen in real-life. The characters in the book also experience many emotions that can be easy for readers to relate to and feel. I found myself unable to put the book down because I was intrigued with the storyline. Also, I was very happy with how it came to an end, which made it even better! 

This post related to storytelling as I found that the author was able to trigger different emotions in me as I was reading. The book was written in a way where each chapter was one of three different perspectives of the main characters. As the story switched between the different points of view I found myself feeling different emotions depending on which point of view was given. I found myself holding onto pieces of information from a certain character and thinking about how the other characters will feel with that information.

2. #tdc5185 #ds106 #dailycreate Describe in writing for someone who cannot hear, the feeling of silence 

• My initial few feelings when experiencing silence is peacefulness, relaxation, and at times it can feel a bit lonely. If silence elongates, I find that my thoughts become louder and bigger. I have no distraction from my own thoughts and they become the whole moment, which can sometimes be a good thing or a bad thing.  

This post is also related to storytelling as I tried to include some of the 5 components of storytelling into it. I am still working on sufficiently including all 5, so this is definitely a work in progress. I was able to try including thoughts and emotion, but am still working on getting location, dialogue, and action into it.

3. #tdc4822 #ds106 I love … Kim Douillard tells us about things that she loves in her recent blog post. Tell us what you love. 

• Something I really love is iced coffee. The first sip of iced coffee in the morning is the best way to start my day. I love how there are many different kinds and flavors. It can be hot or cold, there are many kinds of milk and milk alternatives, and different ways to sweeten it (if you want to). I think that everyone’s coffee choice is personal and unique to them. Another plus of iced coffee is it can provide you energy if it’s caffeinated.  

I think this post also relates to storytelling as I tried to use my voice in the text to set the tone, and mood of the passage. In my response to this prompt I attempted to have the reader to see iced coffee as a way to express yourself in a playful and fun way.