Free Writing

Cancer of the Blood

I am going to write a narrative piece either about my father being diagnosed with aplastic anemia after the exposure to benzene in his workplace, or creatively write a narrative about a character who is diagnosed with aplastic anemia through environmental exposure to chemicals.

Which idea am I going to use?

I think it would be easier to create a piece using a narrative on my father, just because I’ve been there, done that.  But on the other hand, I think it would be a lot more entertaining to myself if I used another character.  Considering my other workloads in other courses, I’m probably going to go for the narrative on my father.  I could also base the story around my father/family, but create other characters.  The difficulty in this whole process had started around mid-term.  I have no clue what else to write.  I was also thinking about writing a piece based on a doctor/patient point of view.  I honestly still have no clue yet.  I don’t feel like free writing anymore.  I don’t have anything else to say, and we still have 7 minutes to keep writing.  I have no clue if I’m going to use the title mentioned above.  I guess it sounds kind of interesting, but I think I could do better.  Being put on the spot doesn’t really help me in thinking creatively.  Six more minutes.  I don’t know what to write about.  I don’t enjoy free writing.  I’m annoyed.  Five more minutes.  A sentence a minute.  If I type really slowly, I could make it work.  I’m still confused on how we’re supposed to create a piece based on our research.  But my question about how we incorporate our research into our paper has been answered.  I think maybe once I sit down and start writing that it will turn out fine.  I’m just still confused on what I want to do.  Base a story on my father?  Base a story on a character?  Base a story on diagnosing a patient with aplastic anemia?  Actually the last one doesn’t sound like a bad idea.  Three minutes.  Oh my God.  I seriously can’t think anymore.  I find the sound of a keyboard being typed on to be amusing.  Two more minutes.  Yes.  Okay, what else can I write about?  The idea of a doctor diagnosing a patient with aplastic anemia could be a really good story.  That way I would have to incorporate some of my research because most cases of aplastic anemia are caused by something unknown.  One more minute.  Come on 2:10.  Let’s go.