Creative+Writing


 * __Fountain of Youth__**

1. List 5 positive consequences and 5 negative consequences. Positive: Negative:
 * You are young again.
 * More time.
 * More opportunity to do things you weren't able to do.
 * No sickness or pain.
 * People who a great thinkers will live to invent more.
 * Overpopulation
 * Wars over power of fountain.
 * Food and power sources diminish.
 * Possibly more poverty because more money would made making the dollar and the economy drop.
 * You will end up watching the ones who can't or won't have the water die of sickness and old age.

2. Describe your character. Name: Salacia of Tanah She is gifted in the art of healing. She is afraid of speaking out because she is doesn't want to hurt others' feelings. She would never admit that she wants to do the jobs that the men in the village do. She is knows very well how people are feeling. She would be a hero from the legends her granpapa tells. She sings the song her older brother would sing to her. Her friend. Movies haven't been invented yet/don't exist. Her favorite article of clothing is her hawking gloves. She doen't have favorite shoes. Yes, she tends to leave the gate open to the animal pen. Her brother. That she will one day be able to go on a hunting mission. She is the only one in her village to have captured and trained a hawk. When the goats got out and when she went to grab one of them, she tripped and face planted in the mud. Not apoligizing to her brother about a silly argument before he died. Snakes. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Watching her brother die. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Finding her neighbor's missing daughter. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">That the war going on will end. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Yes. She is obsessed with books on the history of her people. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Her father promised to take her on a hunting mission like a father would take a son, but he never did. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Losing another loved one. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Her mother who thinks she is a disgrace to the family image. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">She is cold and strict. She pressures her daughter to stop dreaming and start a family. She loved her son more and thinks Salacia is a disgrace to the family. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Loving and willing to listen when not pressured by his wife. Wants the best for his family. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">With her brother. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">She is the youngest of two and now an only child. It leaves her feeling lonely. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Her brother was loving and always wanted to hear what Salacia had to say. Her granpapa is a witty old man who but can also be extremely serious. Her granmama is frail and unable to speak for she has some disease that restricts her to her bed. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">It is small and somewhat bare. She has a table, bed, and a bookshelf. On her bed is a quilt her mother sewed for her when she was a baby. On her table is a telescope her father made her and a book of stories she got from her brother. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Salacia's birthday is March 14. She was born 32 years into the reign of the kings. Her astrological sign is Pisces. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Her book, quilt, telescope, a huge bucket of her favorite berries, her hawk, and her bow and arrows. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">When she is disregarded and it seems no one cares for her thoughts. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Practicing her archery. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Watching her brother die again. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Her brother's death, the raids, the crops failing because of bad whether, age. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">The sounds of the mice scuttling under bed. (which doesn't happen too often.) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Childish, living in her fantasies, unruly, and lost in thought. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Find a new way to impress her mother. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Her granmama. She constantly tries to heal her and keep her alive. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Go on a huge hunting mission with the other village men. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Kind hearted, smart, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Her waist long black hair. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">She doesn't want to live with her life anymore. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Salacia loves berries in any shape or form especially blackberries.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">What do you know about this character now that s/he doesn’t yet know?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">What is this character’s greatest flaw?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">What do you know about this character that s/he would never admit?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">What is this character’s greatest asset?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">If this character could choose a different identity, who would s/he be?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">What music does this character sing to when no one else is around?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">In what or whom does this character have the greatest faith?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">What is this character’s favorite movie?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Does this character have a favorite article of clothing? Favorite shoes?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Does this character have a vice? Name it.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Name this character’s favorite person (living or dead)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">What is this character’s secret wish?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">What is this character’s proudest achievement?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Describe this character’s most embarrassing moment.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">What is this character’s deepest regret?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">What is this character’s greatest fear?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Describe this character’s most devastating moment.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">What is this character’s greatest achievement?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">What is this character’s greatest hope?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Does this character have an obsession? Name it.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">What is this character’s greatest disappointment?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">What is this character’s worst nightmare?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Whom does this character most wish to please? Why?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Describe this character’s mother.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Describe this character’s father.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">If s/he had to choose, with whom would this character prefer to live?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Where does this character fall in birth order? What effect does this have?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Describe this character’s siblings or other close relatives.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Describe this character’s bedroom. Include three cherished items.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">What is this character’s birth date? How does this character manifest traits of his/her astrological sign?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">If this character had to live in seclusion for six months, what six items would s/he bring?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Why is this character angry?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">What calms this character?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Describe a recurring dream or nightmare this character might have.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">List the circumstances over which this character has no control.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">What wakes this character in the middle of the night?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">How would a stranger describe this character?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">What does this character resolve to do differently every morning?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Who depends on this character? Why?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">If this character knew s/he had exactly one month to live, what would s/he do?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">How would a dear friend or relative describe this character?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">What is this character’s most noticeable physical attribute?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">What is this character hiding from him/herself?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Write one additional thing about your character.

3. Describe the setting. The story takes place in the high mountaintops of Illydru in the country of Pulchra. The year 478 there and it is a rugged, varying country that has a very ancient feel to it.

4. The main conflicts are man vs. himself and man vs. man.

__Plot Outline__ Exposition: Starts out in village with Salacia's mother preparing her for festival. Introduces some characters such as her friend, neighbor's daughter, mother, father, granpapa and granmama. Rising Action: Messenger comes saying King wants men for war. Able men leave. Granmama speaks for 1st time in four years. Tells her daughter and granddaughter about the fountain of youth. Salacia sets out with her friend to find it and help her granmama. Find fountain. People start becoming greedy. Chaos ensues. Climax: Salacia realizes why the war is getting worse and goes to stop it. Falling Action: The war is ended and people go home to families.Fountain sealed. Resolution: Salacia goes home with more respect and resumes her now somewhat normal life.

5. How does the main character change over the course of the story? Salacia changes from an innocent girl who doesn't know the world outside her village to one who has taken leadership and responsibility into her hands.

6. Describe the use of irony in the story. Even though Salacia's grandma warned her of the dangers of the fountain, she went looking for it anyway.

7. What symbols are present in your story? The need of the water represents the greediness of society and the addiction it has to the image of a perfect world.

8. What is the theme of your story? The theme of my story is how people perceive the world as being black and white.