Did you know, that on this date, in the year 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted in Southern Italy, burying the ancient city of Pompeii? I'm figuring that most people probably didn't know that. I mean, it's not like it's common knowledge.
In either 7th or 8th grade, we had a project in school. It was sort of a "creative writing" assignment. We were given one chapter of a story and were asked to write our own chapter to follow it. The following week, we would write another chapter, and the week after, the same. We were to write 10 chapters in all. The title of the story that was given to me was, "A Night in Pompeii". I can't remember exact details, but what I can remember is, there was a young woman who traveled to the ancient ruins of Pompeii in modern day Italy. She was somehow transported back in time to the year 79 on the eve of Vesuvius' catastrophic event, and one of the citizens was trying to help her escape from the city before it was buried. (Pretty feckin dark for middle school, don't you think?)
That's what I was left with. I had to make an 11 chapter story out of that. I have no clue how the rest of it went, even though I wrote it; I can't remember what I wrote at this point. All I know is I believe I managed to get a pretty good grade on it, so I must have written something good.
It was the first time I had ever done any "creative writing", and I think I enjoyed it. I always liked making up stories in my head when I was a child, so I remember it being exciting to actually put one on paper for a change. Although, I could have simply enjoyed it so much because we got to type the whole thing out on Apple IIe computers, giving birth to my love for all things Apple.
In either 7th or 8th grade, we had a project in school. It was sort of a "creative writing" assignment. We were given one chapter of a story and were asked to write our own chapter to follow it. The following week, we would write another chapter, and the week after, the same. We were to write 10 chapters in all. The title of the story that was given to me was, "A Night in Pompeii". I can't remember exact details, but what I can remember is, there was a young woman who traveled to the ancient ruins of Pompeii in modern day Italy. She was somehow transported back in time to the year 79 on the eve of Vesuvius' catastrophic event, and one of the citizens was trying to help her escape from the city before it was buried. (Pretty feckin dark for middle school, don't you think?)
That's what I was left with. I had to make an 11 chapter story out of that. I have no clue how the rest of it went, even though I wrote it; I can't remember what I wrote at this point. All I know is I believe I managed to get a pretty good grade on it, so I must have written something good.
It was the first time I had ever done any "creative writing", and I think I enjoyed it. I always liked making up stories in my head when I was a child, so I remember it being exciting to actually put one on paper for a change. Although, I could have simply enjoyed it so much because we got to type the whole thing out on Apple IIe computers, giving birth to my love for all things Apple.
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