Laila's Writing Workshop

#1.      Wilson Fergusson, a 42 year old millionaire, or ex millionaire, who has a 15 year old daughter. He loves her dearly and was once able to support her. But what she doesn’t know is that her father isn’t the man he used to be and is now struggling. Wilson puts on his suite and tie to work to try and pay of the debt. Due to his financial crisis he is losing is wife and can’t tell his only daughter the truth about his situation. He is hurt inside knowing that he was once able to give his daughter anything and know he is fighting his struggles to put food on the table. He won’t be able to give his daughter the brand new BMW he had always dreamed of giving her.

#2.     Sandra Marston, 44, a mother living in pain of seeing her precious miracle son hooked on drugs. She is widow, and lost her husband to a car accident 3 years ago. She wakes up every morning and tries her hardest to put a smile across her lips, worrying about her 18 year old son who is addicted to drugs, dropped out of school, and spends days away from home. She cries herself to sleep and prays for strength to continue fighting. Love is the only thogn that gives her perseverance.

Dear Laila,

How are you? You are probably wondering who I am and why I am giving you this letter. Now don’t freak out but I am an older you. Yes, I have been right where you are sitting, against Mrs. Robinson’s classroom wall! And you absolutely hate that safety patrol right? Well anyway, since I have been right where you are today and gone through it, trust me you’ll survive! Your in 4th grade and one of the smartest girls in your class, your pretty good at everything you do! Keep it that way! Well, if this boy hasn’t started liking you yet, trust me he will. Yes you may think he isn’t all that great today but once he gets older every girlwill fall in love with him. And remember I know your not all that interested in boys right now but would much rather jump rope. But, make sure you take advantage of this boys ”young love” for you! Accept his gifts, and his letters, and his invitations to the dance! Give him your phone number when he asks you for it! Oh and be nice to him! Most importantly DO NOT throw his bracelet in the sand. Cause if you do, He will never forget it! You’ll just have to trust me!

Love,

Laila!

P.S. Write me back if you have any questions or need any advice! Just watching out for you!

I once had a dream that was pretty strange. I dreamed about a big green monster/flying dinosaur looking think and it was swooping over Naples trying to capture people the sky was a dark gray with a tint of pink and orange. It came right outside my house and there was no way to possibly get rid of it I remember my entire family ran into a car and were screaming on the to of our lungs in there as we could stare into the bright green monsters eyes in the window. It ended there. But th strange thing is the next day I saw a Scooby-Doo movie with the same eat monster in my dream….

I remember the days when boys had cooties and each color had a gender. For example, blue was a boy color and purple was a girl color. I remember when tag was my favorite game and I remember I would point my toes trying to reach the sky as I swung all recess long.  I remember recess. And the Cheetah Girls meeting we would have every Wednesday ( yes, I was a cheetah girl). I remember that sharing lunch wasn’t allowed and  you couldn’t get out of your seat. P.E. was twice a week and we had specials. Monday was art, Tuesday was P.E., Wednesday music class, a was P.E. again and Friday was tech. Oh and in P.E. we powered walked and then ran 5 feet  and then played dodge ball. I remember we had to walk in line with a finger on our lips and 5 fingers in the air. I remember we would do anything to be the line leader. I remember we had one teacher only! There really wasn’t a schedule or bells telling you it was time for your next class. The teachers would say ” All right class time to put away the coloring sheets and open your math books to page 8 today we are learning how to add.” Everybody was your friend. I remember I wanted to grow up and be just like my high school reading buddy… Now the truth is I want to go back to those day to actually nap during nap time, and be graded on my behavior and whether I colored well in the between the lines! Don’t You?

Little Rascals….. VIDEO

Last week I wrote about writers block. So I went on a search to help me get rid of it, and I wanted to share some tips and tricks that helped me and may help you whenver you need it. Because you may be staring into a blank space but with these tips they may get some creative juices flowing.

 Listen to your favorite song and pull, the characters, or a line to write or base something on. Even write about the band or singer. Be creative make up a  story about them…

Put tv characters on an adventure!

Take random pictres and then write about it.

Write a story about a “first” ( first kiss, first pet, first time driving, first time ice-skating etc.)

Write about your name- how you got it, its orgin, whether you like it or not…

Okay so this past week I’ve had the famous but hated writer’s block. I can’t seem to write anything. I mean I start a piece but I can’t get pass that. So as I was startig this random piece of writing my mind drifted. So,  I started to write a little note about how I absolutley dread writer’s block And that took the block away.. suddenly I found a topic and I began my poem :

I have the pencil wrapped

around my fingers,

the blue-lined paper  on the desk

and a pink gushy brain in my head,

but I also have wat I do not need,

WRITER”S BLOCK

The world gives me endless topics

My experiences are enough

The ideas are there,

But so is WRITER”S BLOCK

Hershey’s Kisses,  Delightfully Delicious

Unwrap the silver foil to the treasure.

The treasure that will make your taste buds sing

Your eye lids close in delight

Your lips forced to a suttle smile.

The thing that will find your inner self

Your happy place

Once you pop it into your mouth,

In a few second you’ll feel a river of chocolate flow,

And then suddenly you’ll want more

You’ll feel like you need them like a flowers need water.

And then you’ll know that you’ve found the treasure to all things delicious!

George Lopez

Turn on Nick @ night,

You might just entert he world of Ta Louca’s?

Watcha’s  and Wapa’s

and I got this’

Yup that’s the world of George Lopez

The world who is run by the King of Comedy,

and the world of bitter, sweet comedic laughter and love

And you’ll know your really there when you uncontrollably laugh until you cry!

Movie Mania

Movies take you on a journey

To a place you’ve never been

Movies let your mind into a diffrent world

And that’s why,

I could watch them day in and day out

One right after the other

At the theater,

stepping through the dark and hearing the crunch of popcorn

smelling the nacho cheese

 and tasting the extra butter through your nostrils

the sour patch kids causing your eyes to squint

I sit down on the itchy chairs,

relax, enjoy,  and take a journey

Okay! So I really am enjoying this writing workshop! 
I think it will actually help me become stronger as a writer! I do enjoy writing:)… I mean it isn’t something I do on my free time but I like to do it! Being able to write about whatever is great! Ever since the second grade I’ve been told what to write so this is new and a great idea! Putting this experience in a blog (digitally) is a cool idea! I’ve never actually have had a blog before but it is pretty cool and will teach me a lot more! Although, it can be very frustrating! I have created three already and hopefully this will be the last! I hope that by the end I will be a better and more confident writer!

We all ave those go to topics when we get just about ready to write. And if you don’t its a good idea to start thinking of a few. Here are some of mine…

• Humor- I wouldn’t consider myself funny and I don’t think others would either! But I love a humurous story because I love to laugh!
• Brazil- I go to Brazil basically every summer and the memories and priceless moments are those that I can write about any time!
• Shopping- LOVE TO SHOP!!! That’s all I have to say!
• Movies- I absolutley love watching movies. I can watch them day in and day out!
• Christmas- I love the holiday season I would have to say its my favorite time of year!
• Traveling-  I love to travel and learn culture!
• My family- I have one of those family’s that you could probably publish a book about! I love them! Family means everythig to me!
• My friends- Love them and we have created many memories together!
• LOVE- I absolutly love romance! I guess its part of being a girl!!:)
• Fashion- What can I say I’m a girly girl
• Nail Polish- I love nail polish and getting my nails done, I hope to have a collection!
• What if’s- I always quesion WHAT IF?