The Golden Thread

I began to create my thread in my first creative writing piece. I took the qualities exercise we did in class and expanded it. I was having a hard time writing it, then it just suddenly clicked. I was re-reading what I wrote and it all fell into place. I knew what I wanted to write, and how to write it. By making the qualities come alive I created a whole other story. I actually got emotional when I wrote it. I let that first quality factor into my last piece as well and paired them together. By creating this world for the way a bomb blows up the event became so much richer. In Fuse you never get to experience the bomb actually blowing up. Everything is in the After, and you learn about the past throughout the books. When I began this project I intended to write a short story that was set when the bomb went off so I could create it myself. It didn't work out that straightforward. In the end I think I did create the story I intended, but I did it a lot more abstractly. Having the story of the qualities created a richer vibe to what an atomic bomb going off would be like. I think having this as a part of my project and having it laced throughout it forms this deeper understanding of my topic. My project was ultimately centered around the subject of atomic bombs and having this abstract representation of a bomb going off just gave the project a little more. Which is why I think it's my golden thread, it affected how I went about this project, or part of it at least. It was an influential part of the project. Even though I would love to know Julianna Baggott's version of how the bomb went off but since there is little information it leaves a lot of room for creativity. Having that gap in the storyline not only gives the story more mystery and a purpose it helped form my creative writing pieces because I am really interested to know about what it was like the day the bomb went off in the book.