Thinking back...

This course I found surprising. Although at the beginning of the course we were told it would be heavily based on technology i was still surprised how much we used it.

I think the assignment I liked the most was the black out peotry. I found that project to be more creative then others we did and a bit more of a challenge. It was more of a challeng because I didnt just want to blck out random stuff, I wanted it to be good and I think the mark I got reflected that I did good. I also liked it because it seemed like a more traditional way to creativly write, it didnt involve the internet at all.

I would say the project I liked the least was the twitter fiction. Im not one for socail media on the internet. I do use facebook to see what people are up to but rarely do I ever post anything, and twitter? Im not going to lie I hate twitter. I would have never made a twitter if it wernt for this class. I found it was an interesting idea to try to make a story on twitter but i found it difficult especailly with the word limit for each tweet. I found I couldnt make a good story with just tweets, my usual story ideas i couldnt make work. It was an interesting idea but for me, it didnt work out.

Reading on fridays I loved. It was relaxing and I got to read my books which I dont normally have time for at home. I started and finished three books by Dean Koontz and started another. Now writtin g about what I read I never really did. I didnt know how to express what I was reading. If I had more guidlines to follow I think I would have been more succesful with the writing portion. I guess what Im trying to say is that I had lots of freedom to write what I wanted too but because most classes you are told what to write and how to write it I felt like I didnt know what to write about what I read, and mabey Im a little lazy too...

I found the writters notebook to be verry usefull. I am usually a pencil type guy. Il write on paper first and then type it out. Its just easier for me that way. My writters book has lots of usefull ideas for me because of the daily creates we did. The writters book was definatly helpfull.

As I said before, Im not one for socail media internet kind of stuff. keeping up with a blog and twitter I found to be a pain because I do not like to post alot on the internet facebook is good enough for me. I just dont care about most online socail things or bloggs. I hate twitter I think its the most pointless internet website ever, but thats just the way I am. So my advice to future creative writters in this course, no matter how stupid you think blogging and twitter is, do it. I didnt keep up with my blog or twitter and it shows with my grade.

I learned that I like the more traditional way of writing and reading. I liked the pen and paper part of the course not so much the computer and tech part. The only advice I have to give is that I think the course should have a more traditonal creative writing touch. mabey a few lessons on how to write good peotry a bit more pen and paper assignments. other then that the course was pretty good, it was somthing differnt, which is good. I hope my teacher Ms. McLauchlan keeps finding new interesting projects for future classes. Thank you for the learning experience Ms.McLauchlan.

My Bucket List (The Buried Life)

1. help a homeless person
2. save a life
3. get my pilot licence
4. spend a month in the arctic
5. give a stranger $1000
6. study emperor penguins
7. go heli-skiing in New Zealand and Alaska
8. swim with sharks
9. help build a school in africa
10. be in the newspaper
11. race BMX in the x-games
12. fly supplies to communities in northern Canada
13. build and give a car to someone who needs it
14. live on a boat house for a year
15. win a drag race in Gimli
16. raise a million bucks for cancer research
17. watch Barcelona's soccer team play at Camp Nou Stadium
18. have a family
19. fish for white sturgeon
20. climb a mountaing
21. pet a tiger
22. meet the guys from top gear u.k
23. solve a crime
24. learn how to shoot long range
25. get motorcycle licence
26. see the wreckage of the titanic
27. visit pearl harbor
28. blow up a car
29. go parachuting
30. go base jumping
31. meet chip foose
32. be on t.v.
33. play video games on an I-MAX screen
34. take part in a dirt bike race
35. pick up a hitchhiker
36. learn how to park run
37. be on tosh.O
38. spit on a camel
39. go to a pub in Ireland
40. walk on a live volcano
41. meet the trailer park boys
42. win a fight
43. shoot a trophy dear
44. fall through ice
45. free climb cliffs in the badlands
46. travel south america
47. travel across Canada
48. snowmobile over open water
49. drive on the sun highway
50.top out a car on the autobahn
51. be in a tornado
52. help people after a tornado
53. catch a master angler
54. start a riot
55. drive over a cavalier in a lifted truck
56. go to a jets game
57. win a bet on a horse race
58. hydro plane a car
59. ride an elephant
60. have my paintings in a gallery
61. see a Rush concert
62. learn to play my harmonica better
63. write a novel
64. do a trip down rout 66
65. roll a car

MY TWITTER FICTION IS NOW POSTED VIA TWITTER!! YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT ON TWITTER    @WPheifer

I would like to write a book one day. I am hoping that I will come back to this blog and find ideas of what to write about. I think what i am going to do is everytime I get an idea I am going to post it on a comment on this post. I guess I will wait to see what I come up with.

What I am Reading.

there aint nothing like the power of the beast, the way she takes off, the way she runs, her handleing. There aint nothing like her power, like her visousness. There aint nothing like the power of the beast, the way she can haul you, hurt you. There aint nothing like her speed. There aint nothing like the power of the beast. There aint nothing like my 69' stallion.

 

written by Westley Owen Pheifer

I pop the hood and what do I see?

A 428 cobrajet looking up at me

The way she rumbles the way she roars,

nothing can touch her when I put that pony to the floor