Creative Project

For the final project assigned I have decided to do a fictional writing. My plan is to take the character of Claudia from Interview with a Vampire and write a journal that is to be written by her. In this novel we get to see the story from Louis and his first person account of what happened and the feelings of the other characters is not known except for what he tells us. Claudia's situation is very unique and that is why I thought it would be fun to try to write the story through her eyes. I want to start the journal on the day she was "reborn" as a vampire and end it on or near the day of her death. In the novel Louis often describes Claudia as "having a far off look in her eyes" and I always wondered what she was thinking in these moments. I think it would be fun to try to imagine what is going on in that little brain of hers when she is thinking to herself.

Of course, with all novels, the character is just a character and I think that will be the most challenging part. No one can really know Claudia's true feelings and emotions because we are not told, so there could be a hundred takes on it, I suppose that it the creative portion though. Another uncertainty I have is the format to turn it in on. I was considering actually writing by hand in a journal, but then I don't know if that would be difficult to read. That is one portion I would like some input on. It would take a little extra work, but it might give it a more realistic feeling. Along with the journal I would have the 3-5 page paper in which I could give a more detailed account of my writing, which I can't really know because I haven't delved too deep into the project yet.

So, overall, that is my idea. There are still a few kinks to be worked out, but overall I think it will be challenging but fun to explore this character more deeply. I find her to be an interesting subject and already I have a lot of ideas of what she must have been going through.