Creative+Writing

=**Creative Writing Assignment**=

The Mystery of the Missing Jewel By: Aaron Kao ==** I live on the planet Oogon, in which 2 races live on. We, the Pootons with our light green skin, and small, but handsome eyes had a disastrous, and heart-breaking war with the Slaurs; creatures with dark red skin, small pink eyes, and a wide mouth. We did not hate or dislike each other but instead, we treated each other as equals until our most loved, and prized possession, the Jewel of Oaxaca went missing. We figured that the jewel could not have been stolen by one of us, so we claimed that the Slaurs stole it, and a murderous, and disastrous war started. Because of this war, I lost everyone I once loved. My wife, dad, mom. and my best friend BingBing were all destroyed by the Slaurs machine like gun. This gun was not anything like a machine gun, but was 4 cm long, and 25 wide, firing 600 bullets per second. **== It has been 6 months since the war, when the Slaurs, and we, the Pootons have become friends again. Both of our races decided that we could not go on living in a world at war with virtually no food supply. The water has also mysteriously vanished from existence, even though we live through breathing toxic, terror stricken air on our world in which humans from the planet Earth cannot withstand. Today, I am working with a Slaurian detective, Sherlock AJ to uncover the mystery of the missing Jewel of Oaxaca. I felt sorry that I could not capture the thief on the night it disappeared, as I was sleeping 50 feet away from it, guarding it in the Museum of Pootons. Sherlock AJ, and I had become very good friends through the weeks of trying to uncover this mystery. Sherlock AJ has always reminded me of my best friend BingBing, with his big leather jacket in which he could hide an elephant, just as what I was wearing.

It has been 4 months since Sherlock AJ, and I have been looking for the jewel. We have not found one single clue, when I then remembered that we have not looked in the place where clues could easily be found, the Museum of Pootons. I was no longer a guard of the museum anymore, since the incident of the jewel disappearing. "8 PM we break into the museum", I told AJ. "Fine by me, but make sure you bring your prized tools" Sherlock AJ said. At 8 PM, I left to the back of the Museum of Pootons, and met up with Sherlock AJ.

"Did you bring the tools?", he asked. "I sure did!", I said. I pulled out my dogs collar, BingBings grappling hook, my dads poison gas, and my moms belt from my backpack my wife gave me for my 34th birthday which was a year ago. I threw the grappling hook in the air, and managed to hook onto the chimney of the museum. Sherlock AJ, and I climbed up the grappling hook onto the chimney. We then threw poison gas down the chimney to kill any parasites that could harm us, but it triggered an alarm. The guards thought that it was a false alarm, so they only sent 2 guys after us. We encountered these guys 5 minutes later on the chimney. I quickly smacked one of the guys out cold with my dogs collar, while AJ used my mom's belt and choked the other guy until he fainted. Sherlock AJ, and I finally slid down the chimney to uncover the place in which the Jewel of Oaxaca once was. There, I spotted my watch my grandfather gave me for my 8th birthday. "Could I have stolen the jewel without knowing?", I thought. AJ, seeing my watch then pointed his gun at me. BANG! Suddenly, I remembered what happened the night the jewel went missing. I was sleepwalking that night, and accidently took the Jewel of Oaxaca without knowing, slipping it into my pocket in my big leather jacket. As I was slowly dying, Aj then checked my jacket pocket, and it was where the Jewel of Oaxaca was the whole time. Soon after he reached into my pocket, my eyes closed peacefully.

Questions 1. What are the five items and why are they important to you? Backpack (memory of his wife giving it to him for his 34th birthday), Poison Gas (belonged to his dad), Belt (his mothers belt which she always wore), Collar (belonged to his dog), Grappling Hook (Belonged to his best friend, BingBing). 2. Describe your protagonist. Age, Physical, Psychological Make -up The protagonist has no name in this story, but is 35 years old, thin waste, male, light green skin, small, and handsome eyes, wants to uncover the mystery of the missing Jewel of Oaxaca. 3. Describe your home. What have you done to ensure your safety? His home is Planet Oogon. To ensure safety and not start another war, he tries to uncover the mystery of the missing jewel. 4. What kinds of things have you done to ensure your survival? Make sure he keeps breathing the toxic, and terror-stroken air in which keeps his race alive. 5. What is the central conflict of your story? Man vs Himself - It was his fault that the jewel went missing, and this started a war between the Pootons, and Slaurs. 6. What is the climax of the story? When he finds his watch lying in the place where the jewel went missing, and Sherlock AJ shoots him because he thinks that he is the thief that started a whole war. 7. How does your protagonist change over the story? He starts off being determined the find the mystery of the missing jewel, but then in the end saw himself accidentally grabbing the Jewel of Oaxaca when he got shot. 8. Describe the use of irony in your story The protagonist was trying to find out who stole the Jewel of Oaxaca but found out that he was the one that accidentally took it in his sleep. 9. What are some examples of symbol in your story? Sherlock AJ's gun: symbol of destruction, Machine like gun: symbol of destruction, Jewel of Oaxaca: symbol of peace. 10. What is the theme of your story? Always keep peace with the different races. If not, war can be started.
 * Answer the above questions on your Wiki before writing the story.**

Answer questions 8-10 on your Wiki __after__ writing your story.

Procedure

1. Answer questions 1 to 7 2. brainstorm 3. re-organize your words and phrases into sequential categories. 4. character development 5. Do a plot outline 6. Write your rough copy 7. proof read and revise 8. good copy 9. publish/share a. podcast b. graphic novel c. video d. Speech/Power Point Presentation e. Other? See me