ENC 1101-B3 & B4: Writing for Discovery
The Buck of A Lifetime (process memo)
Written by brj03c on November 13, 2003 - 03:23
this paper took me a while to write but im not really sure why. its something that i love to do and am very interested in but it was hard to write for some reason.
i think it might be that i know so much about the topic that i wanted it to be perfect rather than just writing my ideas and improvising.

Also, it was a little harder for me to write in third person. The dialogue is a little harder to write.

me being an avid hunter reading this paper really does depict how it really is. in my opinion a good fiction short story can combine non factual made up stories that are backed up by facts or real life experiences. That allows the reader to be alive in the experience.

the paragraph about eric getting the gun is my favorite because it foreshadows the future of the story. once you realize that he got the gone you know he is going to go out and kill his first animal.

overall i really enjoyed writing this paper and it was better than the other draft because we could improvise and it was fiction.
Process Memos
brj03c's blog | Closed discussion: you can't post new comments.
Comment viewing options:
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to submit your changes.
Re: Buck
Posted by cel4145 on November 16, 2003 - 23:05.
"i think it might be that i know so much about the topic that i wanted it to be perfect rather than just writing my ideas and improvising."

Or maybe that you knew so much that you could choose what to include and what not to. which is a good position to be in as a writer.

"Also, it was a little harder for me to write in third person. The dialogue is a little harder to write." Hmmm...I'm curious. Not sure I understand why dialogue would be harder to write?

"n my opinion a good fiction short story can combine non factual made up stories that are backed up by facts or real life experiences. That allows the reader to be alive in the experience." Good point.


"the paragraph about eric getting the gun is my favorite because it foreshadows the future of the story. once you realize that he got the gone you know he is going to go out and kill his first animal." That's good. But what if you introduce that paragraph just a little later in the text, just a few paragraphs (or even more) further on so that the reader gets to wonder even more about what the big event is?