Famous Last Words - Summer Blog 2 - 6/27/15

Writing Prompt: Write a journal entry as if you were a certain charcter from your reading.

          I just went through my stepfather's computer, and I found some pretty weird things. First of all, he seemed to have some very specific information about the murders. I know this might seem crazy, but I think he might be the murderer. Reed came up a few minutes ago and took the computer away, becuase he was going to give it back to Jonathan. I was freaking out becuase I was opening files I wasn't suppose be openeing, and I forgot to close the window. Fortuantly I came up with a good enough lie, and Reed didn't suspect anything. At lest that's what I thought.

          Jonathan, my stepfather, had the dates the people went missing, there intials, and the names of the fake directors that tricked them into coming to the place where they got murdered. Along with that, he also had the movie that the death scene was being used from, and a chart that furthered my suspicions. I don't know what is going on, but I sure do hope that the murderer isn't a person living in my own house.

          I tried to tell Reed, Jonathan's assistant, about it, but he denied it. I hope he doesn't think I'm crazy. Although he seemed p-retty calm about it. Like he was sure Jonathan wasn't the killer. Could Reed have anything to do with it...nah. I'm going to do some research on this. I'll tell Wyatt about this at school tomorrow, and see what he thinks about it. I'm sure he will help me figure this out. He always does.

          This whole situation has just got me really confused. I don't know what to think anymore. I haven't heard from the ghost in a while. That's good, I guess. I just hope I find some information that proves me wrong about my stepfather being the Hollywood Killer.

Famous Last Words - Summer Blog1 - 6/25/13

Writing Prompt: Is the setting described well enough that you can put a picture of it in your mind? Why or why not?

          Just so the reader understands, I am reading a murder/horror book. It is about a girl who moved to hollywood with her famous stepdad and ordinary mother. There is a murderer that kills people by reanacted famous death scenes from well know movies. Along with that, the main character, Willa, sees strange things that no one else can see. Her "visions" seem to tie in with the murders. On top of that, she is being haunted by a famous movie star that killed herself in Willa's new house long ago. As all this happening, she is also having trouble with her "friends" at her new school. Of coarse there is a love interest, in this case it's her stepfather's assistant, Reed. Though Willa thinks he is perfect, there seems to be another guy that she is starting to take interest in: the school weirdo, Wyatt.

          At times the setting is described so well that I can picture all the details as if I were living in that moment. At other times, the setting is described well and I can picture it, but not well enough so that I feel like I am there. Then there are times where I feel the setting is described in a way that is not very detailed, and it is not always easy to picture what is happening, or what the setting looks like. Although, overall I would say that this book gives great detail most of the time, and I can often picture the situation in my head.

          An example of a moment when the setting was outstandingly detailed would be, "Her house was light brown with a pointy roof nad colorful flowers everywhere. It looked like Hansel and Gretel's cottage -- if Hansel and Gretel had been millionaries. Marnie's bedroom was much pinker than I would have expected, with fushia walls and a huge white fairy-tail bed. A makeup vanity with a biground mirror was pushed up against on wall, and the chandelier above the bed dripped with teardrop-shape crystals. The carpet (what you could see of it anyway, between piles of clothes, books, and papers) was plush and white." I feel this grives very good detail to what the room looks like. I could picture the room very well.

          An example of when the detailing was not all that great would be, "It was a nice room, with a big window looking down over the backyard. The furniture was heavy wood and clearly eaxpensive...The pictures on the walls were of fruit and sailboats." I do think that there i8s good detailing being used here, but I just feel like more detail could've been used, or more of the room could've been explained.