Reflecting on my final project I've realized that I haven't written a paper in a really long time. And I think I might have almost forgotten how. Is that even possible? I suspect it might just be my natural laziness coming out. And my complete disbelief that I decided to do a real paper over a fiction piece. I feel bad for my group-mates who'll have to read the jumble of thoughts that is my first draft. I'm not really sure if I have a clear thesis yet, which is probably a bad thing to admit this late in the game, but I'm stuck with this topic now so I'm going to try to make the best of what I've got.
The research has actually been really fascinating. Being someone who's always had an interest in dreams, forcing myself to read all of this psycho-babble on them has given me an insight on my own night terrors. I've also thrown in some Jung to balance the Freud. It's so weird to read an essay on the collective unconcious only to stop and realize - this is the first time that phrase had ever been used! Maybe I'm just a huge dork for thinking that? But you've got to admit it's kind of cool.
I'm also considering throwing in some bits on Neil Gaiman's Sandman, because, well, how could I not? It's almost too perfect! Dream's siblings are Destiny, Death, Destruction, Desire, Despair and Delirium, and there's even a section where Dream visits Shakespeare who has just written A Midsummers Night Dream for him. I don't really know how I'm going to be able to get this in, but I'll do my best to force it in without sounding too ridiculous.
I haven't even touched Fight Club yet, which is odd because it's my favorite piece in the bunch. But maybe I'm just unconciously leaving the best, and easiest, for the end? Let's just say I'm very curious to see how this all turns out. And a warning to my group - my first draft probably won't make sense. But bear with it! (I almost wrote Baer with it, but I couldn't bring myself to do it)
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Go with it. I think the way to approach creative nonfiction is very much like the approach to fiction: find something you want to say, find your voice for it, and just say it. If you've given it lots of thought and read several books on the subject you're way ahead of anyone who isn't an expert on the field, so whatever you find to say should be fascinating to the rest of us.
Posted by Lucy | December 10, 2007 3:01 AM
Posted on December 10, 2007 03:01