Blog Week 8

We are halfway through our semester; it is so hard to believe. I have grown some as a writer but still have some issues to work on. Every time I write a paper I always have “muscle” issues. I really need to look into help so that I may better that aspect of my papers.

I am actually feeling pretty good about my writing’s so far. I thought I was much worse at writing than I have shown to be. I really think it does help that Stephanie breaks things down. The way she has assignments that lead to our first draft, and then we can work on our paper some more verses just saying here is the topic, write your paper.

My imagery writing is definitely getting better as show in this sentence used in my Travel Essay: “The pure scenery is like a canvas which is re-painted as the seasons change.” I really have to think “outside” of the box to write good imagery. It is really hard but in the end when you have a beautiful piece of writing it makes it all worth the effort.

I need to spend more time writing on my papers. I have home issues that make it hard to find time to sit and write. If I had more time to work on my paper or even go to the studio this would help me out tremendously. All in all I feel I have done pretty well but having the time and help will be a great benefit to my writing.

Guns

An Illinois law has been passed that allows a hand gun to be carried in the console of a car. This came about from a case that had gone to Supreme Court, because of a man who was arrested for having his gun in the console of his car. He fought it stating that the console could be considered a case. There are stipulations to the law, you obviously have to have your FOID card and the gun can not be loaded.

I agree with being able to have a gun in the console, with all of the crime now and days having a gun close by for protection is nice. The State’s Attorney disagreed with this because he says now Police Officers have to worry about gun’s being at the fingertips of anyone they pull over. This does scare me a little being my Husband is a Police Officer but whether or not a law states you can have a gun in the console or not people will still have them where ever they please.

Crime needs to be stopped and I do not believe taking guns away from people is going to help. The “bad” people will have guns irregardless and then the “good” people are left unable to defend themselves.

Week 6

We are in week six of our writing class so far. I can not believe it!! Time sure flies. Now that we have done a few writings I am learning how to re-word certain things, like not to have the “be” verbs and to do more showing than telling. For instance here is a paragraph from my Autoethnography, “Sure you think it sounds easy right? Just give her a few toys and be on your way. Not in my house, my daughter loves to be chased, “Chase you mommy, Chase you mommy,” she says. Half out of breath I try to chase her around the house. As we continue to run my breath is unable to be caught due to lack of exercise and she is like Speedy Gonzalez and all you see is the smoke behind her as she runs. Once I catch her she giggles uncontrollably and as the giggles fade she runs out of my arms like a tornado only to begin the “chase” again.”

I don’t ever remember really “thinking” about what I wrote when I was in High School. Now when I write I try to put a lot of thought into it. I don’t know if it’s because I have matured since being in High School almost ten years ago and care more about what I do than “just” getting it done. When I was in High School I probably would have blown off the whole revision opportunity we are given and just turned my paper in as is. I really think we do learn more being able to revise our papers than turning them in once and the grade you get is what sticks.

It is very hard and frustrating to do the writings we do but it has definitely made me think of how I write everyday things from e-mails or even journal entries. I am definitely more excited about my writing’s today than I was back in High School.