Wishes in the New Year…

Its midnight…Everything is bright and colorful that illuminates the dark sky…You can hear the laughter and screams of the people on the beach… Dubai is celebrating the New Year and all the people are gathered in Jumeriah beach… People can smell the smoke of the fireworks that covers the atmosphere…Feel the explosion of the fireworks as a burst of pleasure… Taste the delicious cake from Jumeirah Beach Hotel made especially for this occasion…How wonderful is the place of celebration that makes Jumeirah emanate joy over the sky of Dubai.

The New Year is not just an event occurring every year to celebrate the “new” year and say goodbye to the past year. It is the night where wishes are spreading in the universe waiting for them to become true. Every person has his own wish to achieve. The father wishes to succeed in his work and provide a good living for his family. The mother wishes that the next year will be much easier to raise her children. The student wishes to graduate from school and accomplish her future goals. All of these people have a common wish which is that this New Year will be a year full of joy and happiness, and it will compensate the suffering people who have struggled with for a long time.

Thinking about wishes encourages people to be optimistic in their lives, which is a good medication to forget all the pain that people have suffered in their past years.

The Magic of Being a Creative Writer

Since we started the Creative Writing class we noticed some differences between this kind of writing and the usual academic writing we used to write before. The magic of being a creative writer is all about the sensation the creative writer can express in her/his piece of writing. For example, when I named my blog “Green Sunshine,” I wanted the green sunshine to evoke the five senses. Here is a poem about green sunshine:


Green sunshine is a glittery grassy light
like a fresh lemon in a feverish summer,
a warm coat wraps your body
with the little sparkles
coming through the skin .


The amusing part in writing ingeniously is that there are no boundaries for the imagination. I can fly with my dreams without a fear of having any structural mistakes like in academic writing. For example, Feel free...Fly high in your thoughts…Dive deep in your emotions...Don’t be afraid to reveal your persona.


As it is clear from the previous example, these creative sentences aren’t obligated to be combined into one academic sentence with parallel phrases. The repetitive imperative structure is the way I am using “syntax” to develop my thoughts and express my feelings.


The farther I as a creative writer reaches with my thoughts the better my writing will be. I know it’s amazing; there is nothing better than being a free bird flying in the high sky of our own dreams.