Tuesday, 17 January 2012

Writing Exercises


FIRST IMAGE

Fiery, Hot, Monotonous, Grey, Chaotic, Crazy, Pointless, Old, Abstract, Illogical, Dangerous, Powerful, Strong, Meaningful, Unnecessary?, Brave, Odd, Mad

SECOND IMAGE

Sitting calmly, Waiting patiently, Thinking crazily, Talking quietly, Speaking meaningfully, Sitting stupidly, Chilling peacefully, Chatting inappropriately, Sadly waiting, Sitting unacceptably, Relaxing oddly, Smiling happily

DREAM

I was sat fearfully in a misty opening one night. All of a sudden, a humongous avian creature charged forcefully through the thick, concealing air that surrounded me. This large purveyor of fear bared its powerful talons and managed to pick me up off the floor.

I tightly grabbed one of the massive creature’s talons and bent it sideways, with haste but lacking in logical thought. This gargantuan beast then proceeded to release its tremendous grip on me from the precarious height at which I was being held, causing me to let out an exasperated scream. As I fell, the ant-sized landscape below slowly shifted into a wasteland of vast proportions.
As I came closer and closer towards it, I realised I was dreaming, mere seconds before hitting the ground.

Then I woke up.

ADVERB: RED
ADJECTIVE: BLUE



DREAM

I was sat in a opening one night. All of a sudden, a avian creature charged through the, air that surrounded me. This purveyor of fear bared its talons and managed to pick me up off the floor.

I grabbed one of the creature’s talons and bent it sideways, with haste but lacking in logical thought. This beast then proceeded to release its grip on me from the height at which I was being held, causing me to let out an scream. As I fell, the landscape below shifted into a wasteland.
As I came closer and closer towards it, I realised I was dreaming, mere seconds before hitting the ground.

Then I woke up.









“Man sticks camera in mouth of tiger shark as he survives attack”
By Elliot Fenton, 24/1/12

An eccentric man survives a deadly attack by a tiger shark whilst taking photographs on Cat Island.

Nigel McNails, 26, from Inverness, Scotland, said this of the attack “I may be lucky to be alive, but I enjoy taking these photographs too much to stop”. While this isn’t advised, because it is very dangerous (as we’ve seen), it looks like Nigel will continue with his favourite hobby of photographing sharks.

McNails explains that sharks have a certain method of finding out what is what. He says that “sharks bite things to find out what they are” and it looks like one shark in particular took an interest in McNails. As the shark was swimming towards McNails with its mouth, he knew it wanted a piece of him.

With some quick thinking, he managed to thrust his camera forward and take a lifesaving photograph at just the right time. The shark bit the camera, giving Nigel the important few seconds to get away from the shark.


Nigel McNails claims that he goes shark photography on Cat Island at least three times a year alone. “I go whenever I can and work allows it – usually once near Christmas time and a couple of times during the summer.”
“I enjoy taking pictures of these sharks because it’s kind of like an adrenaline rush, like riding on a rollercoaster, except in this case I get to keep the photographs afterwards.”

McNails’ claims of it being an adrenaline rush likely come from the fact that it puts him in danger, which as we know increases adrenaline. The only difference between what he compared it to, a rollercoaster, is that with a rollercoaster the danger is never real danger, as it is in a controlled environment for which to keep safe.