Free-Write

        It was Christmas Eve. Fog struck the tarmac at Lindbergh field. My plane was the last ones to take off from the airport that night. It was a pretty shaky take off but once we were in the air it was smoothing riding. Not for long though. We got stuck in the middle of the thunder and lightning storm. It was very unsafe but we had nowhere we land so we had to keep going. The plane was struck by lighting and the right wing was taken out and we started spiraling out of control. The plane was in flames and the emergency exists were blocked there was no way out. The plane took a dive and smashed into the ground. Over half the people on the plane died on impact including all the flight attendants and the pilot. A few children on the plane lost their parents and were bawling their eyes out. I felt alone. I didn't know what to do so I just laid on the ground in the pouring rain thinking about how I am going to die here with all these strangers. There is no hope no one is going to be able to find us here. We have no shelter the plane is smashed up and burnt to a crisp. Every person still alive has lost hope and we decide we are just going to give up because we know that this is the end for all of us. 

       The author of the article “The Plot Sickens” talks about how the majority of young writers talk about death and tragedy in their stories. Howe blames the economy for how young writers are now-a-days. She talks about how the negative things the economy portrays affect young people and their writing and causes the majority to talk about death in their work. My writing substantiates what Howe’s article is about. I wrote my free-write story about a plane crash where many die as the plane crashes and other are stranded where no one will find them. Howe states “Of the 20 stories generated by this assignment, only 5 had endings that could qualify as “happy”-endings, that is, in which a problem was resolved”. This is also true with most of my creative writing class. The people I had talked to about this assignment said they wrote their story about death and things that end in negative ways. Howe was correct in saying that young writers have these “flaws” in their writing and end most writing in a sad and depressing way.