I honestly have no idea what my writing is. If I had to pick a single word to describe it, as a whole, I would pick “bad” because that is what I see 90% of it as. I wouldn't say I have a style or anything of that sort. I just know what I like about other people's work and try to steal as much of the ideas as I can and hope that the parts of me that I add to it are up to the standards of the inspiration that it came from. Whenever I hear a great album or read a great book I just think “I want to make my own.”

Some of the musical inspirations to me have been Queensryche's 1988 album “Operation: Mindcrime,” an album that features numerous vocalists each portraying a character in an extremely well narrated story about a young kid who is sucked into an underground organization set on overthrowing the government. Alice Cooper's 1999 album “Brutal Planet” was another piece of art that made me stop and go “I want to create my own.” The album is an extended description of a world and some of its inhabitants and features some of the most surreal and frightening imagery of anything I've ever read or seen. Other musical inspirations include The Smashing Pumpkins ' “Adore,” Elvis Costello's “Blood and Chocolate,” and Bob Dylan's “Oh, Mercy!”

There are also some great literary inspirations that I must mention. My favorite author is either Orson Scott Card or Kurt Vonnegut, depending on my mood. Card's “Homecoming Saga” series of books has some of the most thought provoking concepts and ideas within it. “The Worthing Saga” and “A Planet Called Treason” are also some of my favorite of Card's work. Kurt Vonnegut has written some of the most bizarre stories as well as some of the most “real” stories. I think that if I had never read his books “Jailbird” or “God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater” I probably would have given up writing years ago.

That is the best I can do in describing my work. I'm just trying to write my own “Adore” or “Jailbird.” I'm not too concerned with who likes my writing or if anyone gets anything from it, I'd much prefer to inspire myself with it, should that even be possible.


Part of my English 8 final