Creative Thinking

Creative writing is the best kind of writing. It challenges your creative thinking from things you dream of or experiences you went through. Creative thinking is the mindset of a playmaker in soccer as he works to get the right crosses at the right time. I enjoyed the creative writing in this class because my creative thinking was something I could always relate to or have experienced.

During the allegory assignment, I wanted to write about dual citizenship. I thought about this idea because around that time, I wanted to gain my dual citizenship with U.S. and Mexico. To represent this idea, I wrote about dogs mix breeding. “In a galaxy far, far away, there was an alternate world. This alternate world was not made of humans, aliens, or Martians. It was just made of dogs,” said my first three lines. After peer reviews, you could tell any writing that starts like this will be bad. Despite the confusing reviews, I liked that we had enough freedom to create this fictional story to write about an issue we are strong about.

My second attempt at the allegory was writing about our first amendment rights in school. I chose this idea because I learned about it in journalism, and it was the only reason why I was allowed to wear my foxtail in school. I was proud to present this piece in class and with Ms.Parrish. I received comments on the allegory saying, “Great topic”,”Terrific”, and the most common one: “Great names!” This second attempt at the allegory allowed me to demonstrate a unit of study from journalism because we learned about the Tinker Decision. 

The vignettes showed my true passion for creative thinking. The assignment started with picking 10 important events in our past year. I took this opportunity to use the assignment to share the creativity in my mind by telling true stories. I chose to write “My First LA Galaxy Game” because part of creative thinking is imagery. I tried to convey imagery by citing the call-and-response chants with the stadium at a home game.  On another vignette,”New Kid on the Block,” allowed me to express my true thoughts about the beginning of the year. This was my best vignette because it is always interesting to see change before your own eyes, but it was hard to write this. “Throughout the day, I was looked at weirdly like I was something no one expected,” I wrote in my fifth paragraph. I chose this sentence because writing has taught me that there is freedom to what you can say as long as you have evidence. My evidence was the Bedford kids asking if I was from Coleytown and the Coleytown kids asked if I was from Bedford. I told them the truth. Some people listened, and others ignored it. I look back at this vignette because it was the first time in a writing assignment that I felt I had complete freedom to say what I wanted to say.

In conclusion, my creative thinking skills have been demonstrated, proven, and re-established over the course of this year. The allegory allowed me to show what I was thinking about, but the vignettes allowed me to tell what I was thinking about. Experience is what inspires my creative thinking, and this past year was filled with experiences.