Mathematics Of Creative Writing Exposing The Invisible Tool

Mathematical Proportions in Creative Writing: Exposing the Invisible Tool In the academic world, creative writing and mathematical proportions are often considered to be located at opposite ends of the spectrum, but they are not as different as they seem. Authors often need to carefully plan and divide their story to create an end result that is a balance between exposition and dialogue, romance and action, or tragedy and comedy. That is where mathematical proportions come in—ratio and fractions in particular. Every author uses ratio and fractions, whether they know it or not, and the proper use of them determines the quality of their writing. Who would read a book that’s 70% exposition or 100% dialogue? Therefore, in this essay I will†¦show more content†¦Fractions can also be used to represent ratios or even division equations and all rational numbers. While fractions come in many different forms such as mixed numbers, improper, vulgar and proper fractions, the function of a fraction is generally the same—to represent parts of a whole. To simplify the matter further—if you can solve a division problem, then you are able to use fractions. In fact, you use fractions all the time without a hint of doubt. For instance, when we tell the time, use or recipe or figure out the price of an object after a sale—it is all fractions. We use them every day, but why? What is the inclination to measure ingredients in halves, quarters and two-thirds? Why do we reflexively say â€Å"Half past 3† when telling the time? It is all because parts of a whole are far more common than complete collectives of any one thing. So let us take a step back and analyze a fraction: 2/5. 2 is considered the numerator, and 5 is the denominator. 5 would be the whole—for instance, there are 5 stuffed bears in total. But then 2 is the amount we have from the whole—as in, we only have 2 of the 5 stuffed bears. A slightly more challenging problem would be saying that a $50 shirt is  ½ price. To solve this, we would simply convert 50 into an improper fraction (a fraction in which the numerator is larger than the denominator), 50/1 and multiply it by  ½. This would result in the improper fraction, 50/2. You would then simplify