Blogging time again

            I am here again to tell everyone what I have learned from reading chapter 9 in St. Martins. This  is the chapter on cause and effect writing. It was very helpful with explaining how to structure a sentence, with the repeat phrases like; we can go, we are not afraid, we can ride. Future form of verbs, will nibble, will increase, very helpful. I also thought the analogy by Steven King  was interesting, I am a big fan of his books, but if you thought his books were strange, wow! Another thing that helped me was the sentence strategies; when blank happens blank is the result, and so on. The thing I am having the most trouble with is my activist. I can not find anything on her except she is an author of some books that I cannot find anywhere either. I have done the best I can do with the information I could find and hope that I can get some good advice at peer review. See you guys tomorrow.

Unsure

         I wanted to write to express my concerns about my first essay. We had our first peer review last night so I got to read other classmates work. There papers were very different than mine and it has me concerned if I did the assignment correct. I read the chapters in the book first, and they talked about writing a remembered story. A story with facts and quoits but, with thoughts and feelings also. A story with reflection and personal situations. That is what I wrote and felt pretty good about it. Then I went to D2L and found links the  instructor had posted and it talked of thesis statements. With that information I had to go back and reevaluate my story and make sure it had all that it needed. I made changes rewrote some things and felt pretty good about that. Then came peer review, my reviews were not that bad but I am very unsure of my paper. I guess it is about too late to worry about it, I will just turn it in and learn from my mistakes. Now I have to start on my next paper rough draft due Wednesday, wish me luck on all counts, blog you latter.  ; )

Blogging again?

                       Yes it is me again here to bore you to tears. I am blogging to talk about what I have read in my text books and how it helped me. There seems to be lots of rules and guideline when it comes to plagiarism. I read them all but I'm not sure how much I retained, so I am sure I will be referring back to that chapter quite often. The other chapter I read I enjoyed a lot, talking about the voice of your writing. I enjoy reading and I always like a story that speaks to me. I am very nervous about writing my paper I do not remember ever doing anything like this before. I hope I meat the guidelines she wants, wish me luck.
                     Well I have read all there was to read, and written all I can think to write. The chapters in the book we were assigned to read help a lot, giving me direction on how to go about writing my story. How to give descript and help the reader see things as I see them. The one thing I am not sure of is the idea of a remembered story about a monument. I am not sure if it has a climax or may be I am missing the point. Oh well, I guess that is for class room discussion.
                    I am also supposed to write about my thoughts on tattoos. Yes I have one, or four. Do I like them? Everything in moderation I think," too much of a good thing, is never a good thing" I always say. I feel that tattoos are a way for many people to express themselves. Do I feel they are an act of rebellion? They can be if that is what you are feeling when you are getting them. I think what ever feelings and thoughts you put into the creation of your design is what you want portrayed to others. Some are memorials to those we love, others are "up your world , how do you like me now". Although I feel if you put no thought or feeling into it, it is not worth putting on your body.